> Perhaps you would like to discuss the "academic" benefits with the likes of Twitter and Foursquare? Academic vs Practical probably? What's the point of discu

> Perhaps you would like to discuss the "academic" benefits with the likes of Twitter and Foursquare? Academic vs Practical probably? What's the point of discussing with <big-name-company>? Devs there do like to try out new tools, new languages, new platforms for the sake of trying as well. Devs are humans with ego as well, just like the rest of us. > Most (actually all) Java developers that I know grumble when having to code in Java after they are exposed to Scala. I code in Java, Python, JavaScript (modern) and playing with Ruby/Rails lately but I never grumble when I have to go back to Java because I know there are limitations/disadvantages of the other platforms as well. I use SVN and Git and I never grumble when I go back to SVN on a very large project with multiple component that have dependencies. Context is everything. YMMV.