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I run into many Scala fans amongst Java developers. It's the current shiny thing in that technology area. Good old Java (of a similar age to Perl) is usually w
by virtualsue 13y ago
I run into many Scala fans amongst Java developers. It's the current shiny thing in that technology area. Good old Java (of a similar age to Perl) is usually what they're making their living doing...
- lmm 13y agoSucks to be them; I'm fortunate enough to do Scala professionally. I think "shiny" is unnecessarily dismissive; the productivity and safety advantages are real enough.
- stevan_little 13y agoActually Perl 5 is older then Java by about a year (yes, Perl had OO support before Java even left the lab). But Perl itself is much older then Java, by several years.