You don&#x27;t have to trust us (though you can -- trust me :-)). Take a look at the source, check some references of happy Scala users. Submit a PR to fix what you don&#x27;t like. Ask a question on our forums&#x2F;stack overflow.<p>Whatever you decide, I&#x27;d recommend rounding out your view of Scala by consulting more sources than Paul&#x27;s rants. There&#x27;s a lot of hyperbole there. This of course doesn&#x27;t mean he&#x27;s wrong, and we&#x27;ve certainly listened to him and fixed some of the issues he complained about (I was in the front row of that talk).