I would not call Java's syntax "ugly". It is extremely regular and easy to grasp. What it is, however, is extremely verbose. On the other hand, Scala suffers fr

I would not call Java's syntax "ugly". It is extremely regular and easy to grasp. What it is, however, is extremely verbose. On the other hand, Scala suffers from a bad case of Perlositis: why have one syntax for a language element when you can have three?