Fun and Frustration with Scala (advogato.org)

Some of the compiler errors are one of these jarring things that I hope get smoothed out in future versions of Scala. Having come from a C++ background in the past, I was pretty accustomed to figuring things out; other coworkers, however, were pretty uncomfortable with it.

Otherwise, I have the same optimism that the author of the article has about the state of the language. No massive hurdles, just a lot of things to iron out.

I'm also reminded of a discussion on Stack Overflow regarding the new collections library:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1722726/is-the-scala-2-8-...

Here, the 2.8 library has a lot of effort, but the way people see the types in Scaladoc might scare them.

Kind of like the compile errors, if these things are not made a bit more "people friendly", it's a significant barrier for some.

The author found Modula-3 fun and exciting. Dunno, that alone makes me suspicious of our compatibility in matters of taste.