We need to stop not fighting, it's boring. -- Cédric
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote: > That's ok, I wasn't making any counterpoint. > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure, but that was not my point... > > > > -- > > Cédric > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Ricky Clarkson < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I have 'inflicted' Option on these people and not had any real problems. > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:21 AM, clay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Today, JVM programmers are highly divided. > >> > > >> > > >> > I'm not sure about that. Sure, if you read this mailing-list and you > go > >> > to > >> > conferences, it's very easy to get this impression because the > community > >> > you > >> > belong to is, by definition, made of seekers and curious professionals > >> > who > >> > live on the bleeding edge of their profession. It's a text book > example > >> > of > >> > sample bias. > >> > > >> > Step outside of this community and ask random Java developers what > they > >> > think of JVM languages besides Java and most of them have hardly heard > >> > of > >> > Scala, much less taken a look at it. I bet they will also think that > >> > Java is > >> > a great language and much more fun to work in than C++ was, which is > all > >> > they care about (and honestly, I can't blame anyone with this line of > >> > thought). > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Cédric > >> > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
