IDE support indeed has a ways to go, has improved a ton over the past 2 years, but still far from the rock solid Java IDE experience. SBT is not simple, partic

IDE support indeed has a ways to go, has improved a ton over the past 2 years, but still far from the rock solid Java IDE experience. SBT is not simple, particularly for complex edge cases, but once you get your feet wet SBT is really quite awesome. The notion that Scala compilation gets slower with every release is complete nonsense and is a clear indication of one who is not using the language. Scala 2.10 + SBT 0.13 combined with sub projects (modules) completely obviates the notion that Scala is "slow" since incremental builds are near Java speed (full builds, yes, much slower than Java, but for development, where you spend most of your day, working in Scala is relatively snappy). Scala is Java++, fair enough, no complaints there. > some influential Scala people have been leaving Typesafe recently some is plural, other than Paul P what significant core Scala member has left Typesafe recently? Paul is a compiler addict, he may have "left" Typesafe, but look at his commits, he's still going strong, I don't think the guy can stop, he's obsessed. > I just have a bad feeling overall about the future of such a language. OK, leave it to those that use the language: wanting a language to fail is different than watching it succeed.