Groovy wasn't even a superset, as it removed most of the compile-time checks.
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote: > This just needed to be repeated, is all: > > On Sep 29, 9:04 am, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Well for one thing, Groovy as a super-set to Java felt much more >> natural. And rarely would you get in a discussion about the future of >> Java, only to have "just use Groovy" slapped in your face constantly >> as the trend is in this forum with Scala. > > Yup. That's definitely one of the reasons for me to get dragged into > scala v. java debates. Constant whinging about java with overstated, > misleading, or outright mistaken factoids (such as "java is more > complicated!", "just use scala", or even "scala makes lets me write > 1:3 LoC vs. java, at minimum") gets me defending java. More than I > usually do, even. There's another psychology hint here: By forcing the > people you'd like to convince to defend the other side, you're > entrenching them in that side. You're driving people away from scala, > in other words. > > > The rest of Casper's post is just as good really. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
