So I've only looked in passing at Scala, but I've certainly heard first-hand from several people who are forced to code Java on a daily basis that they have man

So I've only looked in passing at Scala, but I've certainly heard first-hand from several people who are forced to code Java on a daily basis that they have managed to use Scala for bits of their system. They all claim that their lives got better. Might be worth looking into.