On Jan 13, 2:48 am, "Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I started looking at Scala a while back. It is has many nice features. > It seamlessly combines object orientation with advanced functional > programming.
I don't like that. Scala was designed with the idea of putting together the two worlds, by I think the result was to get the complications of both worlds. I don't think a SML-like functional language needs to be integrated with object orientation, it is fine just without it. The old quote applies: """ Programming languages should be designed not by piling feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that make additional features appear necessary. -- William Clinger """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
