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Those voting down are gona regret in future.

So, RawThinkTank. First you hated Scala without even trying it. Then you loved it. Now you hate it again? I find it difficult to follow the twists and turns of your reasoning.

So, Scala is not Java - this is not exactly news.

You are confused, Scala is good but not good enough to replace Java, in fact C# can replace Java for JVM i.e. if its ok with M$

What we need is Jscala, Jala or Vala with new features without legacy to worry about, so that we can feel at home SYNTATICALLY.

Why not just use Java if that is where you "feel at home"?

Java dont have many new features like Lamda , Actors etc etc

Java doesn't need Actors; that can be handled by a library. It *does* need lambda, although you certainly complained about how horrible lambda was not all that long ago. Which was weird then, and *really* weird now.

Check your memory , lamdas are great , i said they are not for laymen and those who love scripting.

You said lambdas make for unreadable code. I laughed at you. And "scripting" is not directly related to lambdas. And you made fun of *me* for liking them.

You say weird things, then contradict yourself with other different weird things :(

No, we won't. Get over it.

Anyway, i hope Oracle takes care of you

I'll manage, don't worry.

Is that a bait to vote down? Cause it sure sounds like it is.

dude, plz, grow up ...

"Those square brackets are not arrays"

Arrays should be not different that other collection classes and use the same syntax for random access of elements within. In fact array lookups are actually function invocations and Scala recognizes this by having collections classes inherit from a PartialFunction trait so that collections can be treated like functions.

Of course Scala is not a silver bullet, but there is no reason to think the Java/C# sytnax is the "end-all be-all" either.

Seems like you dont know about indexer in C#, these M$ guys were smart, they knew that collections should look like arrays.

Functions should look like functions and Arrays like arrays, thats called readable programming.

I think that is more about following the C heritage more than anything else.

Seems like you have no idea about the word "Evolution" ,

U r nothing but an insult of all those people who put their efforts in building on and upon C.


DEATH TO FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING.

You really need to grow up RTT.

i hope Vala grows up and runs over Scala,

all those mathematics blokes out there must be partying with scala, but its not gona last.

Man, I really hope you will switch to C#...I can only imagine the havoc you could wreck on the .Net community....

BINGO!

i am a C# guy moving to scala and you wont believe why. Thats because M$ screwed my company by discontinuing VB6.

So i tried for years to move to JAVA, but there was too much to read, the reading never ends, so i gave up after many tries.

But now that scala has arrived with very little to read out there, i am moving to it, but now the problem is that i will have to live with mistakes of Martin Oderskey , since he got hypnotized by functional programmers instead of just picking up best feature from all languages out there.


So i dream of Vala getting all those new features.

MS screwed your company by dropping VB6? How about this: your company screwed your company by using VB6. There, fixed.

I found Alex's presentation pretty spot on. Having used Scala in GridGain development for almost 24 months now - I can authoritively state that it had the biggest positive impact on our productivity bar none other technology.

i have seen your presentation video, it opened my eyes to DSL.

Thanks