Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala

Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by premium-concern on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @12:42PM (#11955224)

> What are "all the things" they reinvented that were discard in Scala?

Extension methods, properties, special syntax for everything, final by default, short constructor syntax, trying to put band-aid around Java's broken collection types, ...

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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by didip on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:34AM (#11961149)

I'd love to learn more about Java's broken collection types. What's broken about them?

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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by premium-concern on Thursday June 23, 2016 @08:47PM (#11965438)

The pattern of throwing exceptions for operations deemed "unsupported", an API that requires massive workarounds to keep alive in Java 10, no support for immutable collections, unmodifiable views are a complete clusterfuck, no persistent collections etc.

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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by partisan on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @12:58PM (#11955353)

Thank you. I appreciate the list.

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