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C# seems to look more like Scala with every release (a good thing), with talk of primary constructors for C# and string interpolation etc. EDIT: Interesting to

C# seems to look more like Scala with every release (a good thing), with talk of primary constructors for C# and string interpolation etc. EDIT: Interesting to see Neal Gafter is involved (See Roslyn mention here: http://www.gafter.com/~neal/ http://www.gafter.com/~neal/), who is rather fond of Scala from what I've read: http://www.infoq.com/articles/neal-gafter-on-java http://www.infoq.com/articles/neal-gafter-on-java

pjmlp 12y ago
Except that C# is a first class citizen on the platform, not a wannabe replacement for the platform's main language. This already makes a lot of difference in the tooling that one gets from the platform owner. Another thing is from the point of view of customers. With C# I can get all the goodies on customer projects. With Scala, I can only play with it at home and try to be happy with Java 8 on customer projects.
- _random_ 12y ago
  > "With C# I can get all the goodies on customer projects. " And F# can cover the rest if needed.
  - rjbwork 12y ago
    They really just need to let us use C# and F# in the same sln/projects. Then structure can be in C#, nitty gritty implementations in F# and everyone is happy!
mwg66 12y ago
Primary constructors have been dropped from C# 6 now (https://roslyn.codeplex.com/discussions/568820 https://roslyn.codeplex.com/discussions/568820)
- noblethrasher 12y ago
  Yep, and I'm pretty sure it's related to a comment(s) that I have made: http://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/2dc6ge/easier_immutable_objects_in_c_6/cjoqs2r http://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/2dc6ge/easier_immuta...
runT1ME 12y ago
>C# seems to look more like Scala with every release It does, but then that begs the question of "why use c# at all?". C# is still missing (along with F#) scala's most powerful features, and I prefer the JVM and openness of the ecosystem to .NET The contact I'm on, we're having a lot of success porting away a large C# application to Scala.
- sunshinerag 12y ago
  isn't scala just a haskell wannabe?
- pjmlp 12y ago
  What about because many corporations are .NET shops and Scala dropped CLR support?
  - thescrewdriver 12y ago
    The reason they dropped CLR support was because there was virtually no interest in it.
    - pjmlp 12y ago
      When you are a .NET shop with C++, C# and F# at your disposal why invest into Scala?
      - runT1ME 12y ago
        F# is a remarkably less powerful language than scala. Along with the cost of Visual Studio + windows licenses, the Scala/open source ecosystem is just a better choice.
        pjmlp 12y ago
        For corporations, the cost of Visual Studio and Windows licenses is a drop of water in their ocean budget. There is enterprise software way more expensive than that.

pjmlp 12y ago

Except that C# is a first class citizen on the platform, not a wannabe replacement for the platform's main language. This already makes a lot of difference in the tooling that one gets from the platform owner. Another thing is from the point of view of customers. With C# I can get all the goodies on customer projects. With Scala, I can only play with it at home and try to be happy with Java 8 on customer projects.

_random_ 12y ago
> "With C# I can get all the goodies on customer projects. " And F# can cover the rest if needed.
- rjbwork 12y ago
  They really just need to let us use C# and F# in the same sln/projects. Then structure can be in C#, nitty gritty implementations in F# and everyone is happy!

mwg66 12y ago

Primary constructors have been dropped from C# 6 now (https://roslyn.codeplex.com/discussions/568820 https://roslyn.codeplex.com/discussions/568820)

noblethrasher 12y ago
Yep, and I'm pretty sure it's related to a comment(s) that I have made: http://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/2dc6ge/easier_immutable_objects_in_c_6/cjoqs2r http://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/2dc6ge/easier_immuta...

runT1ME 12y ago

>C# seems to look more like Scala with every release It does, but then that begs the question of "why use c# at all?". C# is still missing (along with F#) scala's most powerful features, and I prefer the JVM and openness of the ecosystem to .NET The contact I'm on, we're having a lot of success porting away a large C# application to Scala.

sunshinerag 12y ago
isn't scala just a haskell wannabe?
pjmlp 12y ago
What about because many corporations are .NET shops and Scala dropped CLR support?
- thescrewdriver 12y ago
  The reason they dropped CLR support was because there was virtually no interest in it.
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    When you are a .NET shop with C++, C# and F# at your disposal why invest into Scala?
    - runT1ME 12y ago
      F# is a remarkably less powerful language than scala. Along with the cost of Visual Studio + windows licenses, the Scala/open source ecosystem is just a better choice.
      - pjmlp 12y ago
        For corporations, the cost of Visual Studio and Windows licenses is a drop of water in their ocean budget. There is enterprise software way more expensive than that.