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I honestly don't see a huge value proposition in Scala, now that Java has reduced pain points around FP. Scala has higher-kinded types, but you see people tie t
by cultus 6y ago
I honestly don't see a huge value proposition in Scala, now that Java has reduced pain points around FP. Scala has higher-kinded types, but you see people tie themselves in knots with those as often as not. It is just such a huge language.
Scala 3/Dotty sounds like it will be a big improvement.
- yawaramin 6y agoJava doesn't have one of the fundamentals of typed FP--algebraic data types with exhaustive pattern matching. And just in general--Scala, despite its warts, can be very succinct and packs a lot of power in simple-looking code.