Scala isn't fun anymore
> I’m also having affectionate memories of JavaScript and Python<p>I am afraid, things are equally messy in JavaScript and Python too. "X language isn't fun anymore" is exactly how I feel about X = JavaScript, X = Python, X = C++, X = Java and many other languages.<p>There was a time when I found Python and Js to be very fun languages. But recently the ecosystem has been becoming a mess. Build breakages on dependency upgrades are the biggest fun-killer IMHO.<p>Heck, there was a time when I found even Java to be fun. C++ too was fun in its early days. But every language keeps adding more syntax, more complexity and more ideas that deviate from the original design goals of these languages. These additions make the languages messy and the simple and characteristic ideas for which the languages were once loved get lost in all the complexity. I find it really disappointing. I really wish the languages preserved their original culture and philosophy.<p>For the never-ending and ever-increasing churn in all the languages I have gradually gone back to adopting Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp for all my personal programming needs. Common Lisp's standard is frozen in time, so for better or worse, I am protected from the constant churn I see in other languages. Emacs Lisp has a really good leadership that has been very wise to avoid adding additional complexity to the language. I wish the more modern languages were more reluctant in adding new complex ideas into the languages.