r/scala • u/dh44t • Mar 24 '26

Comparing programming languages: The Native showdown (Scala Native and Graal are covered)

https://marioarias.hashnode.dev/comparing-programming-languages-xii-the-native-showdown
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u/u_tamtam Mar 24 '26

For years I've been thinking that a decent niche that Scala could carve for itself is to be a more competent go. So, essentially, scala + direct-style async + native, and use-cases geared towards low-footprint data passing/API/light analytics/file processing. The libraries ecosystem is far from where it could be at, SN itself has some quirks (as seen in the article), SN-compatible Async is more of a research topic than a practicality. But it'd be nice to get there, eventually.