From: "Volkmann, Mark" <Mark.Volkmann@...>
Date: 2004-01-21T09:11:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal for programming language of the year

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I think one of the main points of learning a new language each year is that
it should differ in some significant way from the languages you already
know.  Having a syntax that resembles Ruby may disqualify Scala.

You could say the same about Groovy, however, for those looking for a
language that borrows heavily from Ruby and interacts well with Java, I
suggest looking at Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Szegedy [mailto:szegedy@t-online.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:50 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Proposal for programming language of the year
> 
> 
> Pragmatic Programmers wrote, that every year a new language should be 
> learnt.
> 
> For 2004, I would propose Scala (scala.epfl.ch).
> 
> I think, it is especially interesting for Ruby programmers. 
> Scala seems 
> to be a seamless integration of the best features of object 
> oriented and 
> functional features. Its syntax resembles that of Ruby.
> 
> It has full support for object-orientation and also supports closures 
> (see: code-blocks in Ruby), first class higher order functions and 
> meta-programming support.
> 
> It has also some important distinguishing features:
> - Static typing with generic types and type inference
> - It compiles to Java bytecode and can seamlessly access existing
>    Java libraries. Therefore, it is platform independent. 
> (compile once 
> - run anywhere.)
> - It features pattern matching like most functional 
> languages, and this 
> also applies to XML documents.
> 
> I have read about it today for the first time, but I would say, I was 
> never so impressed by a programming langugage since Ruby.
> 


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