Re:If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy
by quchen on Thursday October 10, 2013 @08:14AM
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Yes, there are languages that also have these features, the puzzling part is why not all of them do (except those that may have good design reasons not to).
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Re:If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy
by ufo on Thursday October 10, 2013 @08:51AM
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Its hard to implement type inference and type classes unless you carefully design the language to accommodate it from day 1. For example, return-type polymorphism (functions like `read` or `return`) is particularly tricky, specially in the more dynamic languages.