He made his statement in the general sense, and I responded in the general sense. I don't know scala and can't speak to it. But I've heard that exact same sen

He made his statement in the general sense, and I responded in the general sense. I don't know scala and can't speak to it. But I've heard that exact same sentiment applied to ruby (rails, specifically). But ruby has enabled huge increases in productivity for me over php. So I can safely say that the sentiment that if one is doing something fashionable one must not care about shipping, is full of shit.