Comments on: Twitter in Scala http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/ Open Source, Modern Programming Languages, OS X, Photography, and ... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rick http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4718 rick Mon, 07 May 2007 19:24:16 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4718 (sorry, I couldn't resist.) I'm willing to look at Scala next. As far as typing - I appreciate both approaches - but static typing to me seems to help eliminate a whole class of human errors during development of large systems. Without them, complete coverage of the runtime seems to be required just to rule out simple mistakes. (I see enough JavaScript errors popup on web pages regularly to realize this is a common affliction!) (sorry, I couldn’t resist.) I’m willing to look at Scala next.
As far as typing - I appreciate both approaches - but static typing to me seems to help eliminate a whole class of human errors during development of large systems. Without them, complete coverage of the runtime seems to be required just to rule out simple mistakes. (I see enough JavaScript errors popup on web pages regularly to realize this is a common affliction!)

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Twitter clone http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4686 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Twitter clone Mon, 07 May 2007 06:45:20 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4686 [...] I’ve been thinking about what I don’t like about Twitter and I just saw this post from Ted Leung about a Twitter clone. [...] [...] I’ve been thinking about what I don’t like about Twitter and I just saw this post from Ted Leung about a Twitter clone. [...]

]]> By: Ted Leung http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4537 Ted Leung Sat, 05 May 2007 00:34:08 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4537 In the words of Alan Kay "I’m not against types, but I don’t know of any type systems that aren’t a complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing." The jury is out on whether Scala's type system is a complete pain or not. Dude, I tried to persuade you guys to study Scala earlier this year... In the words of Alan Kay “I’m not against types, but I don’t know of any type systems that aren’t a complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing.” The jury is out on whether Scala’s type system is a complete pain or not.

Dude, I tried to persuade you guys to study Scala earlier this year…

]]> By: rick http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4535 rick Sat, 05 May 2007 00:12:18 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/05/04/twitter-in-scala/#comment-4535 this is very cool - and I can see it being more deployable in an environment with existing services (being JVM-based.) But you do realize that its strongly-typed don't you? this is very cool - and I can see it being more deployable in an environment with existing services (being JVM-based.) But you do realize that its strongly-typed don’t you?

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