Reading the entire thread, it looks to me like the problem is solved with Scala 2.9 and -optimize, unless I have misread.
-- Skype: ricky_clarkson UK phone (forwards to Skype): 0161 408 5260 2011/5/25 Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com>: > Yes, it's pretty bad. > I think Lex is probably on to something with his observation: > > It makes absolutely no sense to me that this simple case hasn't been > optimized yet. And if something doesn't make sense, it usually > involves politics. > > I'm very, very much hoping he's wrong. > -- > Cédric > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Alexey Zinger <inline_f...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> >> Wow, this one's a doozy. All that talk about multicore this and parallel >> that and how wonderful language extensions through libraries are, and in the >> end one of the most basic programming constructs is essentially broken and >> the "work-around" is a choice between extra boilerplate with reduced clarity >> and safety or compiler extension trickery. I think that's nuts at this >> stage of the game. >> >> Alexey >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> >> To: javaposse@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 2:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Scala: A Better Java for Android >> >> Good to see Scala on Android (or any other language, for that matter) but >> I'm a bit concerned by the performance aspect (particularly in light of the >> recent discussion about Scala's poor loop comprehension performances). >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Chris Koerner <chessm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/5836463058/scala-a-better-java-for-android >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.