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I think about scala a bit because the second biggest chess website (lichess) is open source and written in play framework/scala. Was interested in learning some scala to help contribute since I play on the site so often

Wonder if they've run into these issues with the language though

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They almost certainly run into these issues, but like most of the community, they probably think the cost is well worth bearing, given the advantages the language gives you.

Once you're used to the way it works, and if you're using well-maintained libraries, I find that it's really not such a big deal. Though it's always awkward to have transitive dependency conflicts, and those are best avoided if possible.

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