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From: Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada requires too much typing!
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On May 26, 5:57=A0am, "Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is just an observation on the difference between two communities.
>
> I've been recently using Scala for a project (I'd rather use Ada, but it'=
s
> hard for me to justify the cost of converting... alas). Scala is a
> functional/OO hybrid language that targets the JVM. It prides itself on,
> among other things, its concise syntax. Not surprisingly the Scala commun=
ity,
> as evidenced by the posts on a Scala newsgroup, regard conciseness as an
> important feature for a programming language. I agree that conciseness ca=
n in
> some cases improve readability. However, I also believe that it can obscu=
re a
> lot of important detail and make it hard to understand the execution cost=
 of
> the code. Perhaps because of my experience with Ada, or perhaps because o=
f my
> basic personality, I'm not necessarily a fan of extreme conciseness.
>
> However, the argument that I see some people putting forth on the Scala g=
roup
> is that conciseness is good because it saves typing. I really can't
> understand that. How hard is it to type?

not hard 4 u obvsly but we dealng w generation hu thnks "lengthy
essay" means sumth 2 long 2 fit in2 Twitter msg

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