Comment by kdrakon

I realise I'm not answering this question directly (although I am using Scala and Java 8 in my own startup project), I thought it might be applicable to leave these here:

http://www.wired.com/2013/09/the-second-coming-of-java/

http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/if-java-is-dying-it-sure-looks-aw...