>I'd argue that it's lambdas, traits (both now in Java 8), and reduced boilerplate for Java beans Those are the reasons people get in to scala from Java, but n

>I'd argue that it's lambdas, traits (both now in Java 8), and reduced boilerplate for Java beans Those are the reasons people get in to scala from Java, but not the reason they stay. Implicit conversion/parameters, higher kinds, and monadic comprehension are the reasons people stay in Scala.