Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java
by virtualwhys on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:36AM
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> but doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from Java 8
Short of implicits and higher kinded types what has Kotlin not yet copied from Scala? FP in the pure sense is still very much niche, nobody cares about Scalaz and Cats in Java land.
Providing a less powerful Scala as an alternative to Java might very well prove to be a great strategic move. Scala's certainly not going mainstream anytime soon, probably in part due to its being too powerful.
Going on 6 years in Scala, staying put for now, but will jump ship if/when something better comes along (for me Kotlin is not it).
Short of implicits and higher kinded types what has Kotlin not yet copied from Scala? FP in the pure sense is still very much niche, nobody cares about Scalaz and Cats in Java land.
Providing a less powerful Scala as an alternative to Java might very well prove to be a great strategic move. Scala's certainly not going mainstream anytime soon, probably in part due to its being too powerful.
Going on 6 years in Scala, staying put for now, but will jump ship if/when something better comes along (for me Kotlin is not it).