[alfiedotwtf]

Taste.

Just like how people won't touch Python because of its whitespace, people won't touch Scala because of the JVM.

[rahilb]

What's wrong with the JVM? I thought it's one of the most well regarded computing abstractions.

[aurora72]

JVM can't be the reason people won't touch Scala or any other JVM language. Actually, being JVM-compatible is an attraction point.

[dragonwriter]

> JVM can't be the reason people won't touch Scala or any other JVM language.

It can be -- and is -- for some people.

> Actually, being JVM-compatible is an attraction point.

Sure, for some people. People have different preferences.