Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java
by the_af on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:49PM
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I don't think it was really about Scala's complexity (or it wasn't the main reason, at least), for multiple reasons:
First, IntelliJ is quite decent nowadays. So it's demonstrably possible to build a decent IDE for Scala.
Second, Eclipse itself has imploded in my opinion. Eclipse used to be a usable and reasonably fast IDE. Then, some years ago, there was noticeable increase in bloat and a downgraded performance for Java. I remember reading some major release of Eclipse, which required a refactor of its UI, didn't have any automated tests because the refactor broke them and there was a lack of volunteers willing to fix the tests. Nowadays I've stopped using Eclipse even for Java, because I cannot stand its slowness and random freezing/crashes.
First, IntelliJ is quite decent nowadays. So it's demonstrably possible to build a decent IDE for Scala.
Second, Eclipse itself has imploded in my opinion. Eclipse used to be a usable and reasonably fast IDE. Then, some years ago, there was noticeable increase in bloat and a downgraded performance for Java. I remember reading some major release of Eclipse, which required a refactor of its UI, didn't have any automated tests because the refactor broke them and there was a lack of volunteers willing to fix the tests. Nowadays I've stopped using Eclipse even for Java, because I cannot stand its slowness and random freezing/crashes.