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Ask HN: When people say "we use Scala for our API" what do they mean?

• kclay 14y ago
  Well for me It would mean I used Play! The fact that its built on netty (non-blocking io) and is by default async that and its Iteratee and Enumerator makes it real nice for api dev.
  • Evbn 14y ago
    Poe'd? This is exactly the buzzword mumbo jumbo that OP was asking to have clarified.
• room271 14y ago
  We use Scalatra. It doesn't do too much/get in the way.
• deleted 14y ago
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• playing_colours 14y ago
  We use Unfiltered. Playframework/Scalatra are also considered as good alternatives.
• bschiett 14y ago
  They are clueless and don't know java is a programming language for lamers.
  • lutusp 14y ago
    > They are clueless and don't know java is a programming language for lamers. The claim "java is a programming language for lamers" is only true if portability isn't important. Portability is important. Android's reliance on Java proves that. If you had simply said that Java is a sucky, crippled language, I would have agreed.
    • taf2 14y ago
      I'm not sure portability is why android has java as its primary language ... For example http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html