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I'm positively surprised. Given the headline, the cause for that thread, I expected a heated debate, laying blame everywhere. Instead I found a reasonable (if
by darklajid 13y ago
I'm positively surprised.
Given the headline, the cause for that thread, I expected a heated debate, laying blame everywhere. Instead I found a reasonable (if a bit defensive - if Martin is the creator of Scala I can totally understand that) poll for ways to improve Scala's flaws and image problems.
The discussion was mostly a very good read as well. I haven't written a single line of Scala in my life (I'm a fan of Clojure and F# to some degrees), but this thread looks gives me the impression the Scala community is mature and open.
Basically that thread managed to offset a number of "Scala's not working for me" reports by itself.
- teacup50 13y agoI really appreciate that Scala has a mature, rational, even-keeled community.
- StavrosK 13y ago> if Martin is the creator of Scala I'm not sure if you're saying "If the person who goes by the name of 'Martin' in the list is Martin Odersky, the creator of Scala" or "If this 'Martin' guy is the creator of Scala". In both cases, this seems to be a yes, since Martin's email address on the list begins with "ode...@".
- rz2k 13y agoI think its more like "if three is prime...", where there isn't doubt that Martin is the creator, but that being the creator makes being defensive understandable.
- gcv 13y agoA lot of messages on that thread boil down to "haters gonna hate; ignore them!" Luckily, it seems that Martin Odersky is taking good criticism to heart. His post makes it clear that he is listening to people's concerns and wants to do something about them. It'll take time, of course. Scala has gone a long way from the first time I looked at its predecessor, Pizza.