No, No, No, and more No. This really isn't the thread to explain, though. You can pop me a private email if you'd like more details.
On Aug 26, 10:54 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this sums it up > nicely:http://lukewelling.com/2006/08/03/java-programmers-are-the-erotic-fur... > Scala clearly belongs at the top of that list, alongside Lisp... > > To demonstrate, lets take the list of features suggested for a "next-gen" > language > > will involve a similarly crappy syntax > > > > Yes, Scala inherits lots from Java, including String coercion, not to > mention some truly awful handling of Numbers. > > > offers language-level module systems > > Such as Singleton Objects, implicits and type classes? > > > language evolvability > > Well... Scala *has* often been criticised for evolving too quickly > > AST-based editing > > > > Ahh, got me on that one! What you really need is homoiconicity if you're > truly passionate about such a goal.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoiconicity > So you'll probably want to be looking at Clojure... > > > compiler plugin based DSL enabling > > Not required, most DSLs can be implemented entirely in the language, without > a plugin > > > extensive static analysis > > Though the tools haven't yet been written, Scala's stronger type system > (compared to Java) makes it far more suitable for Static analysis. In fact, > you can encode many concepts in the type system such that the very act of > compiling becomes analysis. > > > and other such features that aren't intricately involved with Martin > > Odersky managing to remove another character from the > > partition method. > > Such as removing another unjustified and ill-informed insult from an email. > > You'll find it very, very hard to critically compare the authors of the Java > and Scala compilers here with a clean conscience. > Not least, because they're one and the same. I'll say it again: "Odersky > wrote the Java compiler" > > -- > Kevin Wright > > mail/google talk: [email protected] > wave: [email protected] > skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
