Stephen Colebourne's blog: Scala feels like EJB 2, and other thoughts
I don't know Scala. By reputation, it's supposed to be a "better Java". Here's a prominent Java programmer who doesn't like Scala:
http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-feels-like-ejb-2-and-other.htmlPersonally, I'm committed to Clojure, but I think we all can learn from other languages and their critics.