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Re:Why we love Scala at Coursera by kasey_junk on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @01:51PM (#7260141)
JDK8 is a very nice release and I hope it will bring Java a few years ahead, but there are so many things still missing from Java that every time I shriek. From big things like no type class support to tiny things like 1 file per interface/class the Java experience continues to be frustrating in the extreme.
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Re:Why we love Scala at Coursera by donjigweed on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @02:17PM (#7260364)
Which is why I said "Scala's tradeoffs" would become unacceptable. Java 8 is basically "close enough" to "The Good Parts" of Scala that most people probably won't be willing to tolerate all of Scala's warts.
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Re:Why we love Scala at Coursera by frowaway001 on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @04:14PM (#7266276)
> Java 8 is basically "close enough" to "The Good Parts" of Scala

Ehh ... not really. And I honestly don't see the gap between Java and Scala closing. It's widening at a frightening rate.

Java's warts are far worse than Scala's warts. So I'm not seeing why that should be a point either.

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