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Scala does everything C# does and a lot more. I'm a big C# fan but we're doing new development in scala and even porting some of our C# code over.
by runT1ME 12y ago
Scala does everything C# does and a lot more. I'm a big C# fan but we're doing new development in scala and even porting some of our C# code over.
- venomsnake 12y agoMost languages give you enough rope to hang your self with. Scala gives you options to choose brand, width and color from a wide selection. The flexibility of Scala was scary when I started.
- pjmlp 12y agoHowever C# is the official .NET systems language, while Scala is a third party language. This already rules it out from our projects, due to the way our customers manage their IT stacks and development environments. So I don't need to ask permission to several IT departments to have C# on our projects, but I do need to do it for Scala.
- frowaway001 12y agoMaybe you are just working for the wrong customers/company. I decided to never do Java again, and until now I have zero complaints, because I have plenty of offers to pick from.
- pjmlp 12y agoWhat matters is what makes the customer happy. Anyone that wants to bring something new to our projects needs to prove what is the business value. If it reasonable, it gets adopted. So for Scala to be adopted on our projects, customers need to be convinced what is the business value of having their multi-site team learning it, instead of us using their already installed infrastructure. I can dabble in alternative programming languages on my hobby projects.
- frowaway001 12y agoWell, I guess the difference is that I'm not the one who brings up Scala, it's the customers.
- pjmlp 12y agoGlad to see it working then.
- CmonDev 12y agoDoes Scala do something like Xamarin? Single code base => iPhone, Android, WP, mainstream game consoles, Mac, Linux? It's not about just language.