[Grace-core] Scala vs Java

[Lex Spoon]

I would add functional collections (oh I miss them so), and remove
multi-line strings (IDEs can bridge this gap). I would move case classes to
the top of the list--it's such a drag that a basic data-holder class in
Java requires 10-20 lines of code per field.

Semicolons are a low-brow topic, but it's a fun one in that it's a rare
case where a good PL designer can show their chops. People love it in Scala
and Python, and hate it in JavaScript, and the difference is in the details.

Lex






On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Kim Bruce <kim at cs.pomona.edu> wrote:

> The missing link:
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> http://blog.jooq.org/2014/08/01/the-10-most-annoying-things-coming-back-to-java-after-some-days-of-scala/
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> Kim
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> On Aug 8, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Kim Bruce <kim at cs.pomona.edu> wrote:
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> > This is an interesting discussion of features of Scala that are missed
> by programmers in Java.  We have most of them in Grace and the others seem
> less important.
> >
> > Kim
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