As a Rubyist who has had a hard time understanding the draw of Scala, I don't understand why I would use this library/framework. The Ruby and Java/Scala/etc com

As a Rubyist who has had a hard time understanding the draw of Scala, I don't understand why I would use this library/framework. The Ruby and Java/Scala/etc communities seem to have vastly differing definitions of "tiny". Compare this to the source code of Sinatra[1]. Sinatra is very easy to navigate, and it's implemented completely in just 5 files (could technically be more, base.rb is a little over 2k lines). While Scalatra here is a seeming explosion of libraries, tools, and the usual multi-nested Java directory structure. From the little I do know about Scala, it seems to me like you should be able to make a full Sinatra clone in Scala in as many lines and files as Sinatra, or less. I guess what I'm trying to ask is this: If Scalatra is supposed to be "Tiny" why is it so big and complicated? [1] https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra