[tutysara]

I like Scala, sad to see that it is not gaining the required momentum. There are many people complaining about Scala and we don't see many people who are using it successfully talk about its abilities and elegance, I would love to see the scala experts/Typesafe respond with something that demonstrates the usefulness/applicability of Scala to the masses, and may be Typesafe/Partners can offer an easy to follow video tutorial?. I am also a little bothered when the Scala community answers these criticism with - "You are wrong.You haven't learned it properly" instead of trying to help.

[felipehummel]

I also would really like to read more about successful use of Scala in various companies. Twitter uses it, but is it happy with Scala?

[tutysara]

that is the point, we should also think on how much of their software stack is built on Scala.

[soc88]

> "You are wrong.You haven't learned it properly"

Do you have a link? Maybe this unhelpful behavior can be figured out in person.

I always experienced the Scala community as a very friendly and helpful one, focused on getting stuff done.

Imho the talk about “bad behavior” outnumbers the actual occurrences of bad behavior by a few magnitudes.

[scubaguy]

> Do you have a link?

http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-ejb-2-feedback.html?showC...

I don't question the intent of the Scala community. There's no mystic group of evildoers there trying to degrade newcomers. But the mailing list is very intimidating. It doesn't feel like a place where newbies can come in and ask "How do I do a 'foreach' loop?".

[soc88]

While it takes a while to understand how he approaches problems and solves them, his offer is honest and his judgment is correct.

He basically says that if the blog author actually had a look at the language before bashing it, he would have found valid issues.

I agree with that. The author's complaints are unsubstantiated and don't reflect the issues people encounter in reality.

[scubaguy]

It's exactly what you asked for, an example of "You are wrong. You haven't learned it properly." You are also saying this kind of response (You haven't learned it properly) is appropriate. This attitude is what turns people away.

You can be honest, correct and still turn people off.