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Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn, Netflix, Box.com, Nest.com, CloudPhysics, Quora, Simple, Klout

More than 10: http://www.quora.com/Startups/What-startups-or-tech-companie...

Tumblr too.

Are you suggesting that the metric of how powerful a programming language is is the quantity of companies using it?

He was asking: why should he learn Scala?

Getting hired by any of these companies can be a good enough reason for some.

If you ask for an explanation in 10 words, you shouldn't complain when it doesn't address all your concerns.

You're the only person in this thread who said the word 'powerful'.

Powerful? Perhaps. Useful? Definitely.

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