[pjmlp]

So they are ditching Scala, because no one in the team is an expert, while replacing by a language that everyone has to learn?!?

[rossj]

I asked on twitter, and got a reasonable response. Investing in learning Scala is a much longer term thing than learning Go (which is, in their experience, a much quicker thing to do).

[CmonDev]

Because you always need to use all the features the language provides. Simpler -> limited.

[rossj]

C is much simpler than Scala, is it more limited?

[CmonDev]

In it's expressive ability - definitely. In terms of implementing stuff, everything that is Turing-complete could be used.

[inglesp]

I'd far, far rather relearn Go than relearn Scala...

[dscrd]

Given that Scala is far more complex, learning Go from scratch is probably a lesser task.

[hackerboos]

How did they come to choose Scalatra if nobody knows how to use Scala?