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Scala after 2 weeks = 1 star Scala after 2 months = 3 star Scala after 6 months = 5 star Show me a statically typed language on the JVM that trumps Scala -- i
by virtualwhys 13y ago
Scala after 2 weeks = 1 star
Scala after 2 months = 3 star
Scala after 6 months = 5 star
Show me a statically typed language on the JVM that trumps Scala -- it doesn't exist.
Show me an ecosystem in that statically JVM based language that trumps that of Scala (Akka, Play, Slick, sqltyped, Squeryl, Spray, Scalatra, Lift, Blue Eyes, Unfiltered, etc., etc.)
Yes, compile times are a hassle (for deployment that is, incremental compilation combined with sub projects are plenty fast, usually around 1-3 seconds, it's a non-issue).
Yes, IDE support is nowhere near that of Java's, but it has improved immensely during the past 2 years. Either IntelliJ or Eclipse + ScalaIDE do the trick, am happy on the latter here.
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses
--Bjarne Stroustrup
- asdasf 13y agoI had the opposite experience. I went into scala very optimistic, and initially would have rated it 4 star to stick with your rating approach. But after a month it was down to 3, then another month it was down to 2 and we were investigating alternatives.