You don't have to trust us (though you can -- trust me :-)). Take a look at the source, check some references of happy Scala users. Submit a PR to fix what you

You don't have to trust us (though you can -- trust me :-)). Take a look at the source, check some references of happy Scala users. Submit a PR to fix what you don't like. Ask a question on our forums/stack overflow. Whatever you decide, I'd recommend rounding out your view of Scala by consulting more sources than Paul's rants. There's a lot of hyperbole there. This of course doesn't mean he's wrong, and we've certainly listened to him and fixed some of the issues he complained about (I was in the front row of that talk).