He has said before that he finds Scala unreadable. He also doesn't want
lambdas in Java. Some people just prefer the status quo, whatever happens
to be what they're making money out of today.
On Oct 25, 2012 6:58 PM, "clay" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:15:31 PM UTC-5, fabrizio.giudici wrote:
>
>> I think I'm not fully understanding this. For the record, I'm definitely
>>
>> not a Scala fan, and I definitely don't want all the Scala features in
>> Java, but I'd like to be able to use Option with the least effort.
>>
>
> I'm surprised. Why don't you like Scala? Is it a specific feature(s) you
> don't like? A tools issue? A community issue? Learning curve?
>
> Most people consider each of the following a significant advancement over
> Java/C++/C#:
>
> The companion objects vs static
> The primary constructor system
> The merging of separate fields/properties to eliminate pointless JavaBean
> getters/setter or even the C# automation of getter/setters
> The way that if blocks, for blocks, and aribtrary { } block return values
> The way that immutable val is such a native construct
> The addition of persistent immutable collections to the standard library
> Pattern Matching
> Native tuples
>
>
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