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If you would consider writing your program in C, then you should probably also consider Go. Otherwise, go with Scala ;-) I think Scala.js is going to be huge.
by auggierose 13y ago
If you would consider writing your program in C, then you should probably also consider Go. Otherwise, go with Scala ;-)
I think Scala.js is going to be huge. Just alone for that I would choose Scala over Go.
- fnl 13y agoLike the C vs. C++/Java bridge - certainly more succinct answer than my reasoning... :) But I certainly do not believe that Scala.js has a reasonable chance of having an impact alike GWT or such; maybe it can get close to (ruby) Opal or consorts, though. The main selling point of Scala still is Akka, and, at least in the web-dev world, the Play framework, I guess.
- auggierose 13y agoI like your explanation, actually, although you seem to contradict it with this comment here. I am not using Akka, I am not using Play, I only use Scala because it is currently the language I can express my thoughts in the most elegant way, together with its industrial strength ecco system AND BECAUSE IT COMPILES TO JAVASCRIPT, TOO!!! GWT never convinced me, Java is less productive than Javascript, so what is the point (except for legacy Java programmers ...).
- SkyMarshal 13y agoFwiw, Scala has several good web frameworks besides Play - Scalatra - Scala's Sinatra Blue Eyes - appears defunct but good example of pure asynchronous framework Lift - strong built-in security, Netty integration wip. Probably a couple more I'm forgetting.
- zackangelo 13y agoSpray