> But aren't you pretty much focusing on implementation details here? No, not at all, I'm talking about the ability to abstract over things. Can I write a sing

> But aren't you pretty much focusing on implementation details here? No, not at all, I'm talking about the ability to abstract over things. Can I write a single higher-order function that operates over functions with any -arity? In most languages, no. In Ceylon, yes. > Again, this discussion was very nice, resulted in learning a few new and interesting things and I'm taking nothing but good impressions with me! In general, the quality of discussion here is better than in other places. > I think if both communities took more care to explain the different reasoning, design decisions and philosophies behind the languages when giving talks or on conferences in the future Sure, but when you have nasty and idiotic twitter stuff poisoning the air, it's hard to expect people to adopt a fair-minded and technical approach to the topic. People should just get off twitter. It's a community-wrecker. There's almost nothing you can say on twitter that rises above the level of insulting.