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Language rarely matters, but Scala is were the action is today and probably in the future. Both languages could be considered "add-ons" on top of their runtime
by justthistime_ 11y ago
Language rarely matters, but Scala is were the action is today and probably in the future.
Both languages could be considered "add-ons" on top of their runtime, so you have to think about how likely it is that the "base" language gets good enough to slow down adoption significantly.
In Scala's case it's quite unlikely that Java will ever be able to even decrease the gap let alone closing it.
Elixir feels a lot like CoffeeScript in that regard.
- jnbiche 11y ago> Elixir feels a lot like CoffeeScript Elixir's syntax bears some resemblance to CoffeeScript (both were influenced by Ruby's syntax) but otherwise it's hard to imagine a language more unlike CoffeeScript/JavaScript.
- justthistime_ 11y agoI meant in terms of being obsoleted by their "base" language (JavaScript).
- jnbiche 11y agoYes, the added "in that regard" makes that clear.