Re:.NET Framework Version Comparision
by soc88 on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @08:58AM
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Scala might be an option for you. It is not as "stable" as Java, but more like C# and it actually has a real "deprecation cycle", e. g. stuff gets removed after two versions, both in the language and the library. Pace of development is actually really impressive. If you are interested, I wrote down some nodes about the keynote at ScalaDays here: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3912885
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Re:.NET Framework Version Comparision
by bunderbunder on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @12:02PM
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I think that the "deprecation cycle" is ultimately hurtful for Scala. Breaking changes in a programming language are immensely difficult and expensive for enterprises to deal with, and breaking changes in core libraries are no picnic either. I'd be extremely hesitant to advise my employer to adopt a language whose maintainers have a cavalier attitude about such things, because it does really bad things to our ability to predict costs.
It is certainly not worse than anywhere else (see for example what happened with Windows RT/Metro ... that was certainly magnitudes worse and Microsoft still decided to do it (or the breaking changes in C# 5)).
The only exception is Java, where everything is basically frozen after release and cannot ever be changed anymore.
Most of the time, targeting a newer version in Scala is just a recompilation away, like on .NET. So if you are good with .NET, you should be good with Scala, too.