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My argument was also about familiarity. The imperative subset of Scala is really familiar to Swift, you're absolutely right (+1 for posting that comparison). Ho
by DCKing 12y ago
My argument was also about familiarity. The imperative subset of Scala is really familiar to Swift, you're absolutely right (+1 for posting that comparison). However, real-world Scala is different. With powerful trait-based OO programming, its functional style with routinely chaining monad after monad, and implicits everywhere. It's incredibly powerful, but not an accessible language for an app platform as large as Android's.
- frowaway001 12y agoPeople can always stick to a style they are comfortable with. It's perfectly possible to use code which uses "powerful trait-based OO programming, its functional style with routinely chaining monad after monad, and implicits everywhere" without having to know that part of the language.