[marktangotango]

I was a big fan of SML, and really wanted to like Scala. The reason I didn't pursue it was the language is really complex (imo) kitchen sink as others have said, and as others have also said, there's no one best way to do things, no clear idiomatic style. Plus there was a bit of churn in the language in the beginning. I concluded that if I was going to use the jvm, may as well just stick with Java, or another jvm language with more wide spread acceptance (jython, groovy, ...).

[seanmcdirmid]

Jython or groovy have more market share than scala?

[marktangotango]

Where does 'market share' appear in my post? At no point do I make any claims on market share. Thanks for the charity[1]

My intent was to imply that since jython is a python implementation, the language itself is more widely 'accepted'. Where accepted may mean "in general use and considered to be a good langauge". Groovy has been called a better java by some. Another example would be JRuby.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

[seanmcdirmid]

Your post said groovy and jython had more "wide spread" acceptance than Scala, and I thought you meant market acceptance. It is a reasonable reading of your post.

Your intended meaning requires a big leap in what side spread acceptance means, so I hope you can see the confusion.

[marktangotango]

It is patently absurd to claim jython or groovy have more marketshare (as you define accepatance). Thats where the principal charity kicks in and oneone might ppose since the claim seems absurd, perhaps the author meant something else. Perhaps the leap was too great, but i stand by it.