Re: Scala vs Fan

by Viktor Klang :: Rate this Message:

Erik, you misunderstood me.
I was just trying to illustrate _not_ to sink to the level of throwing crap at others.
Hence, the </sarcasm> tag

Fan looks like it fits a good spot as to get people to move away for the Java language,
the more alternatives there are, the better.

Cheers,
-V

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Erik Engbrecht <erik.engbrecht@...> wrote:

Guys,

I'm not sure...uhh...making fun of Fan is appropriate (even if they take occassional shots at Scala)... In many ways Fan seems to move away from Java in the opposite direction as Scala does. Scala has more rigorous type checking than Java, and Fan has less rigorous typing and is more dynamic.

http://erikengbrecht.blogspot.com/2008/01/programming-language-continuum.html

So if you look at the diagram available above, Scala moves from Java towards the likes of Haskell, Fan moves more towards dynamic languages. Depending on your perpective that could be good, bad, or indifferent.

-Erik

On 7/8/08, Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@...> wrote:
Guys,

I think it's good that people unable to grasp Scala has an alternative to go to,
I'd really hate to see all them left out in the snow.

</sarcasm>

-V

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@...> wrote:

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 11:23, Ricky Clarkson wrote:
> It looks like Fan is anti-thought.

"Thinking gives you wrinkles!"
— Talking Malibu Stacy Doll

RRS

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