On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> *delete as appropriate > > I once considered [weight lifting at the gym/learning functional > programming]* > but, as I'm a [fairly skinny guy/pure OO programmer]* > I decided that I didn't have any [muscles to build up in the first > place/need for pure functions]* > and so it wasn't suitable for me > In fact, I've come to the conclusion that [FP/the gym]* is of limited use, > and really wouldn't benefit everyone > And it really is so very difficult, especially for some of my > less-capable colleagues! > I recently started to go to the gym, was more fun than I had expected, was there 4 hours ago, was nice. Now I do some FP. > > > > On 28 August 2010 14:55, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2010/8/27 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Myself, and the rest of the Scala evangelists on this list are going >>>> to great pains to point out that: no, actually, Scala is for everyone. >>>> >>> >>> Of course you realize that for the claim "Scala is for everyone" to be >>> true, everybody needs to say so. And so far, only Scala evangelists do... >>> >> >> How do you feel about this statement, in light of the learning tool Kojo >> and grade schoolers using it to learn programming? >> >> -- >> 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Viktor Klang, Code Connoisseur Work: www.akkasource.com Code: github.com/viktorklang Follow: twitter.com/viktorklang Read: klangism.tumblr.com -- 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.
