Isn't this just as slippery a slope? Why are you not advocating Coq or some other dependently typed language? Surely all the developers the world really needs are smart enough to learn them and be productive with them?
With kind regards Ben On 26 Aug., 21:28, Kevin Wright <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
