http://ramsayswljlwqo7yvw3ovxhyzavllyduxkgh4rbobzkc263jyro6cjyd.onion/2016/02/10/why-scala-is-terrible-knee-jerk-reaction.html
So after 6 hours of failing to do anything, I gave up, learned the basics of Go, and within 3 hours I implemented the basics my idea. From this experience, I have come up with the following guidelines for what makes a programing language accessible - can create a single file program that does something marginally useful - simple dependency management for 3rd party libs - basic install + run on the command line (I don't care to download some 400MB IDE to create a shell...