The good programmers are the ones who don't want to repeat code, who appreciate the fact that easy-to-write and easy-to-read aren't directly correlated, and who don't stop thinking about programming when 5 o'clock comes. I don't see anything retarded about aiming at those programmers. Perhaps you're reading too quickly to understand, so you're reacting instead.
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Liam Knox <[email protected]> wrote: > Odersky is a complete fringing retard for saying this. Its similar the to > the crap that Hitler would come out with. The language itself is nothing > great and saying we want geniuses to use it... well I think I may just put > my C++ hat back on. > > 2010/9/28 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> >> >> With apologies to the previous thread, whose topic I shamelessly >> plagiarized :-) >> Martin's full response: >> >> Bill Venners: Some people lately have expressed doubt whether Scala is a >> language for the average Java programmer. What's your opinion? >> >> Martin Odersky: Scala at the moment doesn't need to be a language for the >> average Java programmer. The programmers we want to appeal to are the expert >> programmers—the good programmers. Our aim is to make them much more >> productive than they are with Java. I believe over time there will be enough >> teaching materials and enough good tools to also make Scala appeal to more >> average programmers. But that's not what our immediate aim is, and I think >> good programmers can become more productive with Scala now. >> >> This sounds like a reversal from the past position, and saying that Scala >> is for good programmers only is not going to help adoption, unfortunately. >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
