the2bears

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   by the2bears 7y ago

   Yet not that uncool, either.
2. 2.▲
   by the2bears 7y ago

   Happened at a company I worked for. Anecdotal, but it happens.
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   by the2bears 7y ago

   > Scala is more commonly written in a functional and/or streaming/reactive stle. This is the exact opposite of my experience. All the Scala I've seen "in the wild" is basically Java with a slightly different synt
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   by the2bears 8y ago

   "Bite him in the ass" how?
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   by the2bears 8y ago

   That's not what transducers are, though. They're a "recipe" for a function composite. I'm simplifying things, but transducers compose to form a function that then executes against each element in the collection pass
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   by the2bears 8y ago

   I had a similar experience. After ~18 years of Java I was feeling very burnt out. Initially it was the concurrency model and how it was being widely used. This itself drove me to find alternatives. I started off knowing that Go, Scala, and
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   by the2bears 8y ago

   I've been making 2D games off and on for years. J2ME, Java w/OpenGL bindings, and now in Clojure. Was a great way to start learning a new language and since I love programming this is a nice way to a) do more, and b) practice, and
8. 8.▲
   by the2bears 9y ago

   Congratulations on the funding.
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   by the2bears 9y ago

   Link to your site?