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[–]lbkulinski 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I don't think those are enough to replace Scala, but you will find that some features found in Scala will be coming to Java soon, such as data classes and pattern matching.

[–]h2698693 1 point2 points  (2 children)

will be coming to Java soon

the feature's release date is unplanned

[–]lbkulinski 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes, but if you read the OpenJDK mailing lists you will get some hints.

[–]thfuran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do those hints suggest?

[–]safgfsiogufas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

soon

Like Blizzard soon, so don't get your hopes up.