I've picked up Scala four years ago. To see which technology is likely to rise, you need to think like big businesses do - in this case, Scala can be seen as a

I've picked up Scala four years ago. To see which technology is likely to rise, you need to think like big businesses do - in this case, Scala can be seen as a Java++(++++), whereas competing technologies, such as Clojure or Haskel, are a complete paradigm shift. Knowing that large businesses are risk averse, it was likely for Scala to win out. (although IMO the jury is still out on this, the adoption rate is not great and a lot of people who tried Scala got burned by it - it may very well be a forgotten language in 5-10 years).