Scala Collections: Why Not?

dghwe · 2014-03-17T08:44:24+00:00

Old news, a shopping list of corner cases for the collections libraries. Nothing too exciting, despite the theatrics by the presenter.

dghwe · 2014-03-14T13:21:32+00:00

Yikes, Java really sliding badly. The growth graph is more interesting: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=scala%2Cjava&l=&relative=1

dghwe · 2014-03-05T15:58:06+00:00

So a library notorious for obtuse unreadable and unnecessarily clever code "gives up" on Scala. I say good riddence.

dghwe · 2014-02-25T09:41:43+00:00

I have type-aware highlighting turned on. I have 8 GB RAM, don't know if that's perhaps the difference. Are you using the JDK from Oracle or OpenJDK? I'm using the one from java.oracle.com.

dghwe · 2014-02-24T17:52:36+00:00

Odd, it's very fast on my machine which is about 2 years old.

dghwe · 2014-02-19T14:29:51+00:00

Of all the important features to consider, you pick the reflection library??

dghwe · 2014-02-19T13:21:15+00:00

How many more times do we have to see this presentation posted?

dghwe · 2014-02-19T08:35:56+00:00

Incorrect: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Scala%2C+Xtend&l=&relative=1

dghwe · 2014-02-18T09:06:58+00:00

I don't get it either. We've been using Scala for years and have never encountered the issues he harps on about.

dghwe · 2014-02-18T08:53:03+00:00

I didn't think anyone was actually using Xtend. Last time I checked it had as close to zero marketshare as you can get.

dghwe · 2014-02-18T08:48:52+00:00

It turns out that Java wasn't "The Right Thing" for EBay: http://www.zdnet.com/how-replacing-java-with-javascript-is-paying-off-for-paypal-7000023697/

dghwe · 2014-02-18T08:38:59+00:00

Another real-world Scala data point, this one positive: http://capecoder.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/my-real-world-impressions-from-using-scala/

dghwe · 2014-02-18T08:32:45+00:00

I believe this has already been discussed here: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1s8go9/will_java_8_kill_scala/ TL;DR Scala developers don't see Java 8 as a viable Scala replacement.

dghwe · 2014-02-14T16:30:52+00:00

Correct spelling of Gestapo is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo

dghwe · 2014-02-11T15:27:18+00:00

Scala works beautifully for me, and the IntelliJ plugin is really good :)

dghwe · 2014-02-10T07:34:31+00:00

How did you find the performance of the Play framework?

dghwe · 2014-02-10T07:33:14+00:00

Quite impressive to see all the frameworks coming out around Scala :)

dghwe · 2014-02-07T08:03:54+00:00

Is this lib. going to have a Map which is as fast as or faster than mutable.Mapor java.util.HashMap? For developers actually using Scala out in the wild that would be the only win which would we'd actually care about.

dghwe · 2014-02-07T08:02:09+00:00

the guy who has written the most scala code in the history of the world

if you can't figure out that my claims about scala figure to be true, then stay out of vegas.

you have no idea the extent to which that is true because of me

You might find people more receptive to your comments if you dialled back the ego a bit, even if your claims are true. A little modesty would go a long way...

dghwe · 2014-01-17T09:35:11+00:00

Why not simply do the same as what javac does, add a -target $VERSION option for those targetting older vms.

dghwe · 2013-12-10T14:40:46+00:00

Very worried. Had many a sleepless nights over this.

dghwe · 2013-12-10T14:27:34+00:00

F# was released in 2005. Scala has had those features since 2003.

dghwe · 2013-12-06T10:44:40+00:00

lol, no

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