class X {
public X(int x) {
}
public X(float x) {
}
}
class Y extends X {
public Y(int x) {
super(x * 2);
}
public Y(float x) {
super(x * 2);
}
}
Ricky.
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll throw down the gauntlet then...
> Can anyone provide an example of Java code that's can't be improved by
> writing it in Scala
> Or Scala code that can be improved by writing it in Java (but can't be
> improved by just rewriting within Scala)
> By "improve", I mean that the code is better with regards to one (or more)
> of the following:
> - readability (how quickly can another developer, familiar with the
> language, understand the code)
> - maintainability (how much work is involved in a simple refactoring)
> - thread safety
> But doesn't sacrifice any of the above qualities.
>
>
> On 10 September 2010 11:45, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> This thread would be a lot better, faster and easier to read and reply
>> to if it were written in Scala.
>>
>> On Sep 10, 8:42 pm, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Ok, conspiracy theory time!
>> >
>> > Reinier, the initiator of this thread, works on Project Lombok, which
>> > uses annotation processing to add language features to Java.
>> > Therefore, isn't it in his interest to discourage uptake of Scala and
>> > Clojure? Could he be trying to assert that all Scala users are
>> > fanboys to try to discourage associating oneself with Scala?
>> >
>> > Of course, I jest.
>> >
>> > Ricky.
>> >
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>> > Ricky Clarkson
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Wildam Martin <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:44, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> But given the resistance I'm seeing to even small differences between
>> > >> Java/Scala syntax, I suspect that Clojure will be far too radical for
>> > >> most
>> > >> institutionalised Java developers.
>> >
>> > > Somehow this sounds as Java developers are considered as not being
>> > > very flexible - all the Scala and Clojure or whatever else
>> > > JVM-language programmers should remember, that most of them probably
>> > > have been Java developers also for quite a long time.
>> >
>> > > Anyway, if it continues that way (if you need to address each single
>> > > language-fan-boy begging for not turning a thread into trash) I will
>> > > somewhat stop following the javaposse google group.
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>> >
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