Re:Will Java 8 Kill Scala?
by virtualwhys on Thursday March 27, 2014 @04:36AM
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I'd say the bigger threats to Scala in terms of adoption are potentially Kotlin (and the strong JetBrains tooling that will inevitably come with it), typed Clojure, and Haskell.
Otherwise, Java 8 is not a game changer for the simple fact that the enterprise moves at a snail's pace in terms of adoption. Teams with the flexibility to switch from pre-Java 8 to Java 8 will likely also have the freedom to choose an alternate JVM language, or perhaps even Haskell if they're not tied to the JVM.
Otherwise, Java 8 is not a game changer for the simple fact that the enterprise moves at a snail's pace in terms of adoption. Teams with the flexibility to switch from pre-Java 8 to Java 8 will likely also have the freedom to choose an alternate JVM language, or perhaps even Haskell if they're not tied to the JVM.