On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Jim McBeath <
scala@...> wrote:
Josh,
I believe "The Scala Experiment" is to find out if the additional power
and complexity of Scala can successfully be brought to the masses of Java
programmers. I am not yet sure if I would recommend to my own company
that we be a part of that experiment.
I am not too optimistic anymore. All in all I received positive feedback from 3 people in our company - two of them don't program anymore themselves and the other one left a while ago.
The sad truth is that the majority* of the Java coder force already struggles with the Java syntax. Add a drop of abstraction to the pool and they'll drowning. I still see at some after more than 2 years Java exclusively that they carry habits from VB, PowerBuilder and C-programming with them - a pardigm shift towards more functional programming doesn't seem to be realistic. All you end up with is a bunch of java code in a more compact syntax.
Thus for the masses - I'd rather say no. For dream-teams of medium to large size, definitely yes.
Carsten
* I could be wrong there - but I don't think so
