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Re:Show HN: Scala Tutorials – interactive Scala 3 lessons in... by eviluncle on Saturday August 15, 2026 @04:16PM (#49313930)

My guy, I am bummed that such a powerful and readable language isn't more popular. I don't need to grow past anything. Being bummed about stuff is part of life.

The reasons it isn't more well adopted are many. The conclusion that therefor it's "not beautiful or enjoyable to most developers" is flawed and baseless. It assumes perfect meritocracy where the most beautiful and enjoyable languages for developers are the most popular ones.

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Re:Show HN: Scala Tutorials – interactive Scala 3 lessons in... by btreecat on Sunday August 16, 2026 @09:32AM (#49319906)

I agree, being bummed is part of life, so is growing past it. Only so much time for what could have been.

I don't think it would require a "perfect meritocracy" for languages that are found "beautiful" and "enjoyable" to succeed if they are also "practical" and have accessable tooling.

What makes languages popular is clearly multidimensional, where astehctics are certainty one dimension (even ugly languages get updates over time if there's enough energy behind the project) but so is timing, tooling, investment, community, etc.

I think it's reasonable to conclude that whatever beautiful nature is/was there wasn't enough. In terms of weight of importance, or degree of agreement.

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