On 5 July 2011 22:43, clay <[email protected]> wrote: > Is everyone simply using Scala as a more concise Java? > > I love the conciseness, however, it seems that the stronger argument > for Scala over Java is the improved support for functional and > immutable programming. > > Not to mention the (often overlooked) improved support for object oriented programming. Static methods and primitives are a carry-over from C++, and aren't at all object-oriented.
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