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Scala 3 could improve on 2.x struggles with supporting JDK 9 and up: Support features of JDK 11+ https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/139 https://github.c

Scala 3 could improve on 2.x struggles with supporting JDK 9 and up: Support features of JDK 11+ https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/139 https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/139 Support Java Module System https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/529 https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/529 In comparison language features seem to attract much more attention: Removing existential types https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/proposal-to-remove-existential-types-from-the-language/2785 https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/proposal-to-remove-exi... Significant indentation syntax https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/pull/7083 https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/pull/7083

pjmlp 6y ago
That is a good example why betting on the platform languages is always a long term safer bet than betting the house on guest languages, Eventually they won't keep up with the underlying platform.
- pas 6y ago
  It's not like it isn't working. Scala runs fine on JDK13 (probably 14 too, but we currently run one Play project in prod on 13). Java is a pretty safe bet, as it has an outstanding backward compatibility track record.