Not ridiculous; I'm with you.* I think that Scala is a solid, relatively modern language and that the Java ecosystem is bonkers. Something like Scala-the-language + Go-like tooling and deployment would make my day. (Maybe what I'm describing is Rust, which I admit I haven't taken more than a cursory look at even though I think it's interesting.)
*Assuming my agreement lowers the probability of being ridiculous, which is an open question… ;)
Scala is a modern language unfortunately set back by its need to compromise and be compatible with Java. If we go native and remove the need for Java/JVM compatibility, what is there left about Scala? There are many other languages better at FP, so I guess what remains is the FP+OOP hybrid thing? Which I'm not sure I like anyway, since it makes the language less tidy than I'd like.
Disclaimer: I work with Scala in my day job, and I like it -- it sure is nicer than Java -- but I don't know if I would use it in situations where the JVM wasn't mandated or needed.
Could you elaborate on what parts of go-like tooling you like? I also find it interesting given that golang is a much simpler language specifically to allow for the kinds of automated tooling they have. If you want that, then the complexity of scala is going to have to decrease.
*Assuming my agreement lowers the probability of being ridiculous, which is an open question… ;)