> Scala runs on the JVM, which makes it not at all suited for scripting The JVM is one target. You can also generate and run javascript code or create a native

> Scala runs on the JVM, which makes it not at all suited for scripting The JVM is one target. You can also generate and run javascript code or create a native binary. But it will not be as smooth as e.g. python, so I can't really recommend that. > Scala also seems to have something of a racism/white supremacy/misogyny problem. I'm a member of that community for a long time and I really don't think so. I always thought the Scala community was a rather welcoming one. There certainly have been incidents in this community, just like they have been in other communities, but I don't think "Scala" has more of a problem here than any other language.