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mdellabitta · on Dec 29, 2012

Tumblr too.

mcartyem · on Dec 29, 2012

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

CCs · on Dec 29, 2012

He was asking: why should he learn Scala?

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

dbecker · on Dec 29, 2012

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

bretthoerner · on Dec 29, 2012

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

clavalle · on Dec 29, 2012

Powerful? Perhaps. Useful? Definitely.