By djo.mos
via blog.lostlake.org
Published: Nov 21 2009 / 12:32
After RubyConf 2006, I realized that Ruby was not on the right track for me. I went searching for a new language.
I've been a JVM guy since '96, so finding a language that was as on the JVM was a plus for me. I was looking for a statically typed language with high performance, but with the syntactic economy of Ruby. I bounced around a couple of language listing sites and found Scala. Three years ago, I fell in total love with Scala. That love continues today.
What is Scala to me?
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Comments
onno.solin.eu replied ago:
I'd be very interested to learn why Ruby did not suffice (any more?) for the author. Unfortunately, the author does not allow comments on his Blog. David, if you read this, you mention a number of Scala's fortes. Which are the most important ones that you missed in Ruby (apart from "A high performance language", which Ruby is not of course)?
Onno
RawThinkTank replied ago:
Please write a DETAILED blog on 10 advantages of Scala instead this
Jawher replied ago:
Well, he wrote Lift and a whole book on Scala, isn't that enough ? :P
RawThinkTank replied ago:
Jawher replied ago:
Here we ago again: ladies & gentlemen, I give you "RawThinkTank and his deep seated hatred for white peo..., er, I mean Scala"
Jawher replied ago:
And please write a DETAILED blog post on 10 drawbacks of Scala instead of this :D
zynasis replied ago:
too much time on their hands?
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