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Comment by galdosdi

Build times always were my biggest Scala complaint. Arguably code base specific, as I suspect it had a lot to do with all the macros and type level metaprogramming, but, if that kind of thing is possible and customary, an average working programmer who doesn't control the codebase they show up to is going to end up stuck dealing with it.

It's a lot easier to build a language that works great, but only in the hands of a single skilled careful owner, than a language that stands up to the abuse of many careless temporary users, and still gets from point A to point B reliably.

Like the difference between a sportscar and a rental company or police fleet sedan.

Scala was a porsche, but most of us need camrys.

parent galdosdi 2 years ago

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