On 13 April 2011 17:21, Rémi Forax <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/13/2011 06:12 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: > > No... He really didn't, Ceylon is nothing like Scala. > > come on ! > singleton object, case classes, declaration site variance, named & default > argument, > null safety (?, Option), DSL ready syntax ... > all of these already exists in Scala. > > The only things which is new is the syntax for annotation (without @).
Well, thats kind of the point. Its the same with Fantom. The next big language *should* be boring. Java wasn't that innovative in syntax and language issues. The real win for the next big language is in productivity issues (like the garbage collector was). It needs to solve a real problem. Basic syntax/semantic issues is fundamentally about learning the mistakes from the last few years. So, Ceylon is interesting as it contains much from Fantom but with a greater/larger goal. I hope to chat to Gavin at some point about it. Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" 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/jvm-languages?hl=en.
