My opinion of this changed after reading this comment by the developer: https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/6ubuix/twitter_announces_reasonable_scala_compil

My opinion of this changed after reading this comment by the developer: https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/6ubuix/twitter_announces_reasonable_scala_compiler_an/dlrxs6m/ https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/6ubuix/twitter_annou... Sounds like they are intending it as a research effort and hope to make progress with the entire Scala community, not fork it.