Java > Scala

[Patrick Stewart]

> I think one reason for the movement toward Java and JVM style languages is  
> that hardware is getting cheaper and cheaper, and developers cost the same  
> or more.  With a 'simpler to write' 'quicker to write' language like Java  
> (where you don't have to learn things like manual memory management) you  
> can more easily train programmers, and they will be cheaper also.  Then,  
> you can 'fix' any performance issues you have with better hardware, for  
> less than the cost of training/paying a C/C++ developer to re-develop it.   
> It makes business sense.
> 
> Regan

Bingo. Give the man a cookie. Anyway, if there was no C/C++, in what language would we build compilers :) ?