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Is it better to use Scala than Java to write a standalone spark program?
Is there anything that Java is better at in the context of writing Spark programs?
While Scala is generally considered to be a better choice than Java for Spark programming, there are some situations in which Java may be more appropriate. For example, if you have a large existing codebase written in Java, it may be easier to integrate Spark into that codebase using Java rather than switching to Scala.