Not mentioned in the article or in prior discussions, but Scala seems "dead" to me. Or at least extremely niche and unlikely to take off.
AFAICT, Scala has basically been replaced by Go for backends and Kotlin (or just plain Java) elsewhere.
AFAICT, Scala has basically been replaced by Go for backends and Kotlin (or just plain Java) elsewhere.
Yes, it is niche but not extremely niche. People either into functional programming or that are part of the JVM ecosystem have at least heard of it. It is one of the big alternative JVM languages with Clojure and Kotlin.
Sure it won't ever overtake Java and Kotlin is eating a bit of its lunch but Tech is not a popularity contest.