Which leads to some * very* slippery ground If followed to a logical conclusion, you seem to suggest that architects are somehow smarter than mere developers, and therefore entitled to develop in a more advanced language.
oops... I refuse to accept any philosophy that is fundamentally based on the premise that people are stupid Moreso, I personally believe that programmers are smart enough to be programmers, if not, then the solution is for them to find a more appropriate career, not to dumb down the entire profession. What's the alternative, to allow for accountants who can't add numbers? On 26 August 2010 19:34, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You'll find it very, very hard to critically compare the authors of the > Java > > and Scala compilers here with a clean conscience. > > Not least, because they're one and the same. I'll say it again: "Odersky > > wrote the Java compiler" > > OTOH being a great hacker/implementer vs. a great language designer, > requires a very different set of skills. One could almost argue that, > for mass adoption, a language can NOT first and foremost appeal to the > elite. That's kind of what I hear Reinier say, and if that's the case, > I sorta agree with him. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com wave: kev.lee.wri...@googlewave.com skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@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.
