Scala is now the official general-purpose programming language of thinkinator. I still really like R and use it every day, but it’s not a great choice for a general-purpose programming language. I wanted to adopt a language that runs on the JVM (Java, Scala, Clojure, Groovie, et al) that’s fun to use, but deep. Clojure is tempting — I love Lisp — but ultimately, Scala won out. I can highly recommend it!
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