BTW, as a parallel to this Scala discussion, consider generics in Java. I will argue that the total number of people that *fully* understand generics, to the point at which they can explain every aspect of syntax they see, write any valid API and never have to consult the FAQ http://www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html is vanishingly small. Very limited "enlightenment". For example, even yesterday I encountered a problem where the compiler in Eclipse compiled something and javac rejected it. And frankly, many of my API writing sessions end up as trial and error.
Stephen PS. I know Scala does generics differently...no need to repeat that fact... On Aug 6, 11:50 pm, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 00:09, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unlike certain religions/cults, there's no limit on how many are > > allowed to be enlightened here :) > > The limit is the level of intelligence required to master the > language. If only the 10 smartest people in the world are intelligent > enough to master it, "enlightment" is limited to those. ;-) > > -- > Martin Wildamhttp://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- 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.
