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I’d argue Scala still owns that niche. Kotlin is nice if you’re stuck on Android, but with the speed Java is progressing I don’t see a huge difference. Especia
by dropofwill 6y ago
I’d argue Scala still owns that niche. Kotlin is nice if you’re stuck on Android, but with the speed Java is progressing I don’t see a huge difference. Especially in 2-3 years.
Also with Scala you get a best in class JS compile target, a great scripting platform in Ammonite, and Graal native image for binaries with fast startup.
- RhodesianHunter 6y ago> I don’t see a huge difference. Especially in 2-3 years. There is a huge difference now. Maybe 50% of that difference could be made up by what Java has in the planning stage. Even if it was 100%, I'm writing code right now.
- dropofwill 6y agoWhat's the huge difference? Coroutines? Boilerplate reduction? I guess there are some minor type system improvements, but its not like you're getting dependent types or anything like that.
- RhodesianHunter 6y agoIt is the sum-total of all of the little things. I could write out a list but it would end up looking like the official site's sidebar. It all adds up to making me far more productive and more sure of my code.