While Scala is indeed a bit overly complex (concept-wise), in practice working with both at an "enterprise" I've found it better overall than Java. Also, neithe

While Scala is indeed a bit overly complex (concept-wise), in practice working with both at an "enterprise" I've found it better overall than Java. Also, neither Kotlin nor Java 8 are available in non-beta form yet. My biggest complaint about Scala isn't the language itself, but the flakiness/immaturity of some of the libraries/frameworks/tools compared to Java.