The point I am trying to make is that the typical argument "just use Scala" doesn't hold water, Scala can NOT fill the void left by Java - something that has been the subject of many a debate on these forums (too many in fact).
On Sep 28, 1:51 pm, Kevin Wright <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's a double-negative... > > If you *are* an inferior developer and unwilling to learn, then Scala is not > for you. I think this was the entire point... There are a lot of 9-5 "code > monkeys" out there who are genuinely unwilling to learn, Scala will not > appeal to these people. > > But if you are willing to learn, then you won't automatically like Scala; > you may prefer Clojure, or Haskell, Coq or Agda, or some extreme Java > hackery - like writing lombok or lambdaj. However, you *will* find that > 100% of current Scala developers are in the "willing to learn" group, and > those coming from a lot of Java experience are in the "trying to push the > state of the art" group as well. > > On 28 September 2010 12:29, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > So by inference, people who are not convinced by Scala, are inferior > > developers unwilling to learn? > > > On Sep 28, 11:55 am, B Smith-Mannschott <bsmith.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:51, Vince O'Sullivan <vjosulli...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > On Sep 28, 9:23 am, Kevin Wright <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > An important trait of being a good programmer is the willingness to > > learn > > > > > and push the boundaries of what can be done well. That's also why > > Scala > > > > is > > > > > quite suitable for new programmers, including children and students. > > > > > There's no logical connection between those two sentences. > > > > The logical connection is "willingness to learn". Presumably students are > > > willing to learn. "Good" programmers are also willing to learn. (Or would > > > you argue that they are not? Or perhaps that all programmers have the > > same > > > level of skill and interest?) > > > > // ben > > > -- > > 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 / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com > pulse / 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.
