Well it would work in what kind of way? I've been really impressive with what I've seen of Scala, I'm toying with using it for my next language implementation project.
The issue is that I'm working on an Eclipse plugin, and I'm using lots of Java libraries. I know that Scala is supposed to work in this case, but it might not be wise to add another point of failure (one of the libraries I am using is developed by a research group here, and is definitely not commercial-quality). Also, Eclipse's support for things like auto-completing method and variable names is quite useful, particularly the former, when you're using lots of libraries and such.
On the other hand, programming in Scala would be far more enjoyable.
Ah, yes, some of my initial experimentation with interfacing Scala with Swing showed that there were still some rough edges, but that was many versions ago. I wonder if they have thoughts on an Eclipse plug-in for Scala.
There's some undergrad somewhere working on it, but it's at the level of a school project. There's quite a bit that has gone into the Java environment, not even counting the refactoring.
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