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Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy?

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On 10/16/2014 8:27 AM, Saxo wrote:
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> I disliked Scala for various reason. It seems to have a problem with code readibility (mostly caused by implicits). Code readabilitiy is for me an absolute top priority in software development. Then build times were a problem. Now it seems to be o.k., but still just acceptable.

     In addition to Robert Klemme's points, consider that readability
is a function not only of the language (and the writer's style), but
also of the reading audience.  If you find a language that you can read
with ease and perhaps even with delight but that is inscrutable to
99.44% of other programmers, "effective readability" suffers.

     Cretan Linear A (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_A>) may be
the most readable, expressive, and beautiful language ever invented,
but nobody knows for sure.

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Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-16 05:27 -0700
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-10-16 21:15 +0200
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-10-16 16:28 -0400
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-10-16 19:13 -0400
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-17 06:34 -0700
    Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-10-18 22:42 -0400
      Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-19 11:00 -0700
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-10-19 11:03 -0700
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-21 05:48 -0700
    Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? ĵess stone <j3ss.st0n3@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 06:34 +0000
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-10-21 15:10 +0200
    Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-21 07:09 -0700
      Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-10-21 16:26 +0200
        Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-21 08:03 -0700
    Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-22 07:22 -0700
      Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-10-22 17:14 +0200
        Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-23 08:53 -0700
          Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-10-24 00:37 +0200
  Re: Alternative languages on the JVM: what's a meaningful strategy? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2014-10-24 02:52 -0700

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