I'm in the UK, my spare time and energies are currently elsewhere,
perhaps in the autumn I will be looking to do something - before
Devoxx so that I can also get the maximum benefit of the Scala
presentations there too.

On Mar 22, 11:05 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22 March 2011 09:51, Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I don't think anybody would argue that a functional
> > language can be more complex than an OO one.
>
> People *will* argue that, but it's like arguing that JSP can be more complex
> than hibernate.  The two things are completely distinct and can be used
> together or independently as you wish.  The real comparison is between
> functional and imperative languages, OO is simply a layer of architecture
> that can be used with either.
>
> > All said, Scala is still the functional language I will turn to when I
> > have the time to look at one in more detail. But sorry, Dick, I'm on
> > the wrong continent for training!
>
> Oh, where are you then?  We certainly have plenty of training available in
> the UK, I also know of good people in Sweden, Germany and Australia.
>
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> regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current
> conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of
> the ledger" ~ Dijkstra

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