Suitability of Scala
: We all are not new to the fact that data is increasing exponentially. It is increasing more than ever before, from 2 zetabytes in 2010 to 59 zetabytes in 2020. Not only this, it is predicted to be 149 zetabytes by 2024. As the data is growing and that too how the traditional methods like SQL, Excel, etc., would not be enough and feasible to analyze or store huge amount of data as they have storage and processing restrictions. It was important to use tools which are much more efficient and much more effective. To handle this ‘Big Data’ various tools were created E.g.: Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL, etc., not only this various programming languages also came into picture. Scala is just one of them. In this paper we are trying to highlight the importance of Scala, and how it is so unpopular and under-rated as compared to other programming languages; despite the fact that it is a strong statically typedgeneralpurpose programming language which supports both object oriented language and functional programming. Also, it is easy to understand and use as compared to other programming languages. In this paper we will see and discuss how Scala has been beneficial and why do we want it to gain more popularity in the industry. We will also see the cons associated and if it’s worthy enough given its cons.