Personally I agree that Python is actually a very poor choice for CS1.
Have you considered Kotlin as an replacement for Scala?
It ticks same boxes as Scala does, and has even more regular syntax and better IDE support.
Solutions Architect @Depop, author of “Hands-on Design Patterns with Kotlin” book and “Web Development with Kotlin” course
Solutions Architect @Depop, author of “Hands-on Design Patterns with Kotlin” book and “Web Development with Kotlin” course
