Scala really doesn't set out to disregard Java syntax. The language tries to follow Java as closely as possible, every deviation is the result of a conscious decision made to support a specific feature or principle.
I have yet to find a place where Scala differs from Java without the difference turning out to be an improvement (once I've got over the unfamiliarity) On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/8/2010 3:44 PM, Casper Bang wrote: > > As Kevin wrote the Scala guys are already at work on the next cool > thing (parallel collection). And for sure we don't have to wait till > mid 2012 before to see it delivered. Moreover some very interesting > tools, libraries and frameworks are already mature enough to be used > in production environments. And in my small experience they > dramatically improve your productivity. Give a loot at Akka for > example. There is only one word to describe it: AWESOME. > > There's also Mono; more familiar to Java developers and with it's own > set of awesome stuff. Sadly it's missing from the JVM, but for all > practical purposes it represents a Java 2.0 (opt-in type inference, > dynamic typing, nullable types, lambda's, expression trees, properties > etc.). Scala might very well be 3.0, but I fear the gap between 1.0 > and 3.0 is too great. Undeniably, Scala has a big opportunity here. > > Hindsight is 20-20, but if Scala's grammar/syntax didn't deviate so far from > the C, C++, Java, etc, tradition, it would be taking the Java community by > storm by now. > > As it is C# looks more natural to a C, C++, or Java developer than Scala -- > unfortunately. I'm not sure who Scala looks natural to... > > -- > Jess Holle > > -- > 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. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / 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.
