> Neither of these are good reasons for needing an actual numeric index, take > this example of aligning structures with the zip operation in scala:
I have no doubt that there are elegant solutions in Scala for this, just as I usually use my own HeadTailIterator in Java, but as I said, the topic was still Java (Scala not mentioned and debate not in ScalaWags sections). :) > Arguably, Scala is already fairly mainstream if you look at current > adopters, I wouldn't really call it experimental. > Also, Java is a platform - not just a language. If a language runs on the > JVM then it's part of the Java ecosystem; I think of this as the posse for > the Java platform... Well, it may no longer be experimental/academic I will give you that, but it's not mainstream either I will still maintain. Again, show me alternative solutions in Java before declaring "for considered harmless". -- 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.
