Many enterprise shops won't look too far beyond plain Java. Xtend is not as far beyond plain Java as Scala is. One of its selling points is that you can just ge

Many enterprise shops won't look too far beyond plain Java. Xtend is not as far beyond plain Java as Scala is. One of its selling points is that you can just generate plain Java from Xtend into your normal source folders. Yes, yes, I know enterprise CTOs need a good slapping, but at least this gives their down-trodden devs an option. As such, I think it will come under threat from Java 8 rather than Scala.