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Ceylon looks a lot (if not identical) to Scala. I was trying hard to find a differentiation, but couldn't.
by keveman 15y ago
Ceylon looks a lot (if not identical) to Scala. I was trying hard to find a differentiation, but couldn't.
- Pahalial 15y agoI had much the same reaction, but no, this is very odd. Red Hat has no aversion to contributing to Free Software and possibly forking it to create a supported branch. Why would they push through with Ceylon rather than do this with Scala? I must be missing something that is arguably a clear advantage. I'll blame the QCon presentation refusing to load, but if someone could fill me in that would be appreciated.
- mjw 15y agoOne advantage it has over Scala is that it doesn't do erasure of type parameters. I wonder how this works when it comes to interop with existing Java code though. The other broad advantage seems to be that it's designed with a bit more restraint than Scala when it comes to the feature-set. Although personally I find all the Haskell-like implicits and the advanced type system stuff in Scala very interesting, I can see how this may end up holding back adoption by Java shops. So: I'm reservedly interested in it, although does seem a bit vapourware at this stage.