Support Forums: Message List - What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:37 -0400 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 ...]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:37:25 -0400 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:37:25 -0400 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:37:25 -0400 Aug 11, 2011 han theman 0 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 There are no new features in Kotlin. Everything has already been tried and tested in other languages. However, their _choice_ of features is unique. And quite better than in other JVM languages.

...]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:54:58 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:54:58 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:54:58 -0400 Aug 10, 2011 Alex Besogonov 1 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 Kotlin? Aside from a dumb name, what's the point of making another languages indistinguishable from the other slew of JVM languages, with no new compelling features? It's painful to watch the time being wasted.

]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:36:25 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:36:25 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:36:25 -0400 Aug 10, 2011 han theman 2 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 Well, it might be a good time to plug a new JVM language which has potential to become big: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:19:37 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:32:08 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:19:37 -0400 Aug 10, 2011 Alex Besogonov 3 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 I personally use Scala on a daily basis at work (for minor projects), and I mostly like it. However, the added complexity makes it a very hard sell internally. Once Java 8 is out, with closures and the other niceties in v7's Coin, I may actually drop...]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:34:17 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:34:17 -0400 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:34:17 -0400 Aug 10, 2011 han theman 0 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 Scala also dropped a whole developer community afraid of change.

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:47:46 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:47:46 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:47:46 -0400 Aug 9, 2011 Andrew Clifford 1 Title is misleading... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 I would rephrase it... 

It sounds like "What features did Mercedes dropped from the bicycle". Oh gosh - those pedals and the bell are gone!

:)

 

Best,

Nikita Ivanov.

GridGain Systems.

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:51:19 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:51:19 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:51:19 -0400 Aug 9, 2011 Nikita Ivanov 0 What features of Java have been dropped in Scala? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62778 Despite more complex and less intuitive syntax compared to Java, Scala actually drops several features of Java, sometimes for good, other times providing replacements on the standard library level. As you will see soon, Scala isn't a superset of Java...]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:09:12 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:09:12 -0400 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:09:12 -0400 Aug 9, 2011 Byron Kiourtzoglou 7