Scala turns 10 - Hackdot

Re:Scala turns 10 by ExpiredLink on Monday January 20, 2014 @12:46PM (#7090728)

When I looked at Scala briefly in 2006 or so built-in support for XML processing was a big selling point. Another one was 'multiparadigm' - like C++. It was clear at that time that Scala would not become a mainstream language.

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Re:Scala turns 10 by etrain on Monday January 20, 2014 @12:50PM (#7090759)

I don't follow the connection between your comments.

XML Support as selling Point + Multiparadigm == !mainstream?

I agree that scala has its quirks (IMO, the type system is way too complicated), but to have dismissed it based on two apparently unrelated features 8 years ago seems a little strange.

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Re:Scala turns 10 by hansjorg on Monday January 20, 2014 @02:24PM (#7091291)

XML literals are on its way out from the default language by the way. There's an ongoing effort to make the language smaller, and from 2.11 one has to include a package to support it.

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