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особенно т.н. "архитекторам" и product/project-менеджерам... особенно в банках или госструктурах.
JUG.RU: Антон Кекс, Simple Pure Java (Как нам спасти Java?) +часть 2

p.s. конечно автор местами перегибает для красного словца, но в целом все по делу, из реального опыта, я видел подобный ад чуть ли не во всех местах где работал.

scala vs java8

Despite all bold promises from Oracle, java8 will be still much inferior to Scala:
http://www.infoq.com/articles/java-8-vs-scala (e.g. traits vs virtual methods - can't be compared)

In all of this java8 will be released no earlier than mid-2013 and scala "certainly won't be sitting still between now and 2013"(c)

(c) from comments:

"Notwithstanding the nice new features in Java 8, Scala seems (in my opinion) to remain significantly more concise and clean than Java."

"Remeber even if its java 8, it still just java. Don't expect too much."

"the Scala folks are delighted that Java 8 will have lambdas, since that will ultimately result in attention to performance of such code, and perhaps even to how it is represented in classfiles. Scala will likely benefit from the resulting improvements."

Bliki: PolyglotPersistence

"What all of this means is that if you're working in the enterprise application world, now is the time to start familiarizing yourself with alternative data storage options. This won't be a fast revolution, but I do believe the next decade will see the database thaw progress rapidly."
Bliki: PolyglotPersistence

agreed, but don't think it'll happen in the nearest future.