On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On 2 June 2011 13:04, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think that for another language to seriously challenge Java on the >> JVM it would need the following: >> >> - killer application (equivalent to Ruby on Rails for example) >> > > Akka > Not really, no. Akka is a nice technical achievement but it's certainly no killer application, especially with the regular controversy that surrounds actors whenever they get mentioned (I'm getting closer and closer to calling them a fad, myself). > > >> - good IDE support >> > > IntelliJ is absolutely production ready, beta releases of Eclipse support > are catching up rapidly > Seriously? Eclipse doesn't even import automatically, much less offers refactoring or even reliable autocompletion. I haven't used Scala with IDEA but from what I hear on #scala, it's not even close to production ready. > >> - major backer >> > > Typesafe, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare, Amazon > These are users, not backers (and Google doesn't use Scala, by the way). And these other companies just use Scala on the fringe (Groovy is much more popular). You can do the fact checking yourself, by the way: try to find job reqs from either of these companies that explicitly say that the position is for a Scala developer Anyway, I'll stop here, you are again repeating your tired Scala fan arguments that we have heard over and over, and they are not any more convincing now than they were before (actually, most of them are simply factually incorrect). -- 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.
