Why would one use Scala over Java
I am totally into Scala as a language ... and still I struggle with why any company should use  Scala over Java. Is Scala just syntatic sugar on top of the JVM or are there fundamental improvements in Scala over Java that would improve **real world** applications? 

Why would one use Scala over Java
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I am totally into Scala as a language ... and still I struggle with why any company should use  Scala over Java. Is Scala just syntatic sugar on top of the JVM or are there fundamental improvements in Scala over Java that would improve **real world** applications? 
