A few reasons: * Any more scala compilers can only be a Good Thing in solidifying the language spec * Tools like GWT that want to see java source code * Can be used as a tool to show what scala does * maybe will be able to compile scala - java - bytecode without scala lib deps (? not sure) * fun and education !
On Jan 21, 8:03 pm, John Muir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Miguel, > > I really don't see the point of this project. There already exists a > Scala compiler and a JVM to run the bytecode it produces. Why on Earth > would I want to translate Scala to Java? Apart from the intellectual > challenge maybe... and yes I did read the links given above. > > John > > On Jan 20, 12:48 pm, Miguel Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > As part of the quest to build a Scala to Java compiler [1], [2], today > > I’m announcing initial progress on translating pattern matching > > expressions into Java [3], no less. > > > You don’t want to wait till the push-button solution is ready, > > right? :-) Insights are welcome (at scala-internals, I guess). > > > Miguelhttp://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/people/mi.garcia/ScalaCompilerCorner/ > > > [1]http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/people/mi.garcia/ScalaCompilerCorner/Sca... > > > [2]http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/people/mi.garcia/ScalaCompilerCorner/Sca... > > > [3]http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/people/mi.garcia/ScalaCompilerCorner/Fir... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
