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Re:Eclipse launches new language to cut down Java boilerplat... by philf on Friday November 04, 2011 @07:06PM (#3198110)
Talking about cargo cult, they added "def" to function definitions making it more verbose actually.
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Re:Eclipse launches new language to cut down Java boilerplat... by aidenn0 on Friday November 04, 2011 @11:00PM (#3198732)
That's probably to make it easier to parse with type inference, since right now it's the type name that start's a method definition
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Re:Eclipse launches new language to cut down Java boilerplat... by epicureanideal on Friday November 04, 2011 @10:07PM (#3198616)
Seriously, I was thinking, WTF? Increased verbosity and then it isn't even a full word like "define", it's verbose and then abbreviated. Are they just trying to make Javathon at any price?
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