3 ms·
Unless you know Scala already well, it doesn't make sense to use it as a script language — there are cleaner alternatives (not Bash, though — Bash is just awful
by atemerev 9y ago
Unless you know Scala already well, it doesn't make sense to use it as a script language — there are cleaner alternatives (not Bash, though — Bash is just awful). But if you do, it makes perfect sense. Scala is one of the most expressive languages out there.
- clhodapp 9y agoI think that about sums it up perfectly: If you don't know Scala, learning it just to script with is extremely inefficient. However, if you already know Scala well, all you need is the right library of functions to have a really nice (and much-safer-than-bash) scripting language (or you would if not for the long waits for compilation and startup JVM startup).