> Scala compiles too slowly. Otherwise, it would be more popular. For day-to-day Scala development incremental compilation etc. mean that a typical build in my

> Scala compiles too slowly. Otherwise, it would be more popular. For day-to-day Scala development incremental compilation etc. mean that a typical build in my IDE takes about a second. I think it has more to do with Java being the default/official language for the JVM (and the Scala learning curve). Similarly, F# is a great language, but C# has always been seen as the default go-to language for the CLR (VB.NET anyone?).