Re: [scala] Re: The Language Designer's Dilemma

I largely agree with Sean. When it comes to the standard library it
seems there can be only bad decisions. However (slow!) progress is
possible. In particular, regarding

"abc" == "cba".reverse

we will be able to achieve this and still keep Seq-like interface for
Strings, using the ideas for a higher-kinded addition to the standard
libraries that Adriaan and I are exploring. When we designed the
standard library, there were no higher-kinded types, so this option
was not available.

Cheers

 -- Martin