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Re:Technology Change: .Net to Scala by eranation on Friday October 25, 2013 @10:32AM (#6611827)
> not to mention the really shitty support for generics in Java, designed probably by sado-masochists

Ironically, Martin Odersy, creator of Scala, is one of the core people behind Java Generics [0]

EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm a huge Scala fan, and understand Odersky had constraints and compromises to do on Java, which I think is probably one of the reasons he went on to create Scala.

[0] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Odersky

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Re:Technology Change: .Net to Scala by hrjet on Friday October 25, 2013 @11:36AM (#6612224)
Ironical yes, but the reason generics is hampered in Java is backward-compatiblity, which was not Martin's decision from what I read.
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