I've used Scala for a few years now. The blog post doesn't do a particularly good job of selling Scala despite the best intentions. I would encourage anyone who

I've used Scala for a few years now. The blog post doesn't do a particularly good job of selling Scala despite the best intentions. I would encourage anyone who is interested in Scala to spend some time learning the language and using it, rather than worrying about occasional misdirected criticism which the blog seeks to counter. I've found Scala to be very expressive and well suited to large-scale systems. It takes some effort to learn the language, but once you have put in the effort coding in Scala is a pleasure (esp. compared to Java).