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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