[cbeach]

He’s actually arguing against sudden changes.

From the article:

> The looming threat of a future radically different Scala 4 is the single greatest existential threat to Scala.

I think what prompted John to write this article is that there’s a huge commercial penalty in releasing a new major version of the language, and we should be focussing on making the existing language version(s) more commercially viable before we start another academically-led reinvention

[personomas]

Good point, but he also seems to be arguing that the language has significant problems and needs fundamental change, which I don't agree with. For example, he says:

> I believe that the time for action has come > In the ashes of Scala 2 and the Lightbend OSS ecosystem, we need a rebirth for Scala.

Then he gives all sorts of horrible grades that in my opinion aren't justified when compared to any other language. Make small things seem huge.