Nah, Martin Odersky was still dabbling on Pizza (predecessor to Java with generics) by the time most of the C# stuff was being thought out. ;) I realize people consider Scala a contender to the next-gen language but I honestly can't see your average corporate developer use it, it's just too different.
/Casper On 31 Jul., 20:21, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > Casper Bang wrote: > > I came to the same conclusion some years ago, though you are likely to > > find a lot who disagrees with the term "better" and who will raise the > > kitchen sink argument. But any new unbiased developer touching both > > are likely to come to that conclusion - Indeed that's why Mono was > > created, at the time Java did not have the Enum type (and wasn't open > > source). Mr. Clapper's list is far from complete btw, off the top of > > my head I'd add: > > > - Namespaces (separation between logical and physical organization) > > Funny to see how features for one are a bug for another :-)> - Real generics > (not emulated) > > > More features does not make a better language of course, but it's > > pretty clear that C# is no longer a clone of Java and is pushing some > > interesting boundaries, which is likely to continue. > > Maybe it's a clone of Scala? :-D > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/blog > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
