Well, you can always use tried-and-true Java library like Netty, Jackson, and plain-old JDBC API. You get to enjoy all the goodie like `val`, `case class`, `pat

Well, you can always use tried-and-true Java library like Netty, Jackson, and plain-old JDBC API. You get to enjoy all the goodie like `val`, `case class`, `pattern matching`, etc... without all the headache of those pure functional libraries.