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Re:Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive by frowaway001 on Monday March 24, 2014 @01:55PM (#7459935)
Those types from scala.reflect.
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Re:Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive by copergi on Monday March 24, 2014 @04:33PM (#7461248)
No it isn't. Those tell you what types the values represent. We're talking about the actual source code itself. In lisp, the source code is itself a perfectly ordinary lisp value. That is what homoiconicity is. That is not something scala has, nor is it something scala wants to or claims to have.
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Re:Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive by frowaway001 on Monday March 24, 2014 @05:29PM (#7461674)
> In lisp, the source code is itself a perfectly ordinary lisp value.

Isn't quoting necessary to "reify"/refer to the actual code as data?

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Re:Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive by copergi on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @12:00PM (#7466618)
Yes?
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Re:Using Scala Will Make You Less Productive by frowaway001 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @08:51PM (#7470682)
So what's the difference then? I need to quote in Lisp, I need to quote in Scala.
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