Certainly, it happens all the time. Leibniz and Newton invented calculus at the same time. Scala is 12 years old though, and it's rare for a language designer t

Certainly, it happens all the time. Leibniz and Newton invented calculus at the same time. Scala is 12 years old though, and it's rare for a language designer to not be aware of the main competitor in the same space, which is probably why people assumed that you were aware of Scala. Note that I personally couldn't care less who invented what, I just wrote what I thought duaneb and stephen were getting at to clear up the confusion since you said "I guess I don't understand what you're saying here."