I like Scala and don't find it that difficult, but I grudgingly came to the same conclusions as the OP. It's just a bridge too far for any kind of mainstream ac

I like Scala and don't find it that difficult, but I grudgingly came to the same conclusions as the OP. It's just a bridge too far for any kind of mainstream acceptance. I think a less ambitious project like Kotlin could still do a lot to improve the lot of the Java programmer without incurring the extra complexity of Scala.