A lot of messages on that thread boil down to "haters gonna hate; ignore them!" Luckily, it seems that Martin Odersky is taking good criticism to heart. His pos

A lot of messages on that thread boil down to "haters gonna hate; ignore them!" Luckily, it seems that Martin Odersky is taking good criticism to heart. His post makes it clear that he is listening to people's concerns and wants to do something about them. It'll take time, of course. Scala has gone a long way from the first time I looked at its predecessor, Pizza.