#122 - Comparative Programming Languages Pt. 2
i thought that Scala was a wonderful idea until I read some Scala written by other people; apparently nobody told Scala programmers that using operator overloading for anything but math is a sin against god
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[Caption: HASKELL IS AN ELECTRIC CAR. EVERYBODY AGREES THAT IT IS PROBABLY THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE, AND, YET, 20 YEARS LATER, ADOPTION IS STILL NICHE. PROPONENTS INSIST THAT IT IS PRACTICAL AND EASY TO USE, BUT IT STILL HAS A PERHAPS-DESERVED REPUTATION OF BEING A GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS.]
[Caption: O'CAML IS A SOLAR CAR. ONLY EVER SEEN IN R&D DEPARTMENTS AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES; DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE.]
[Caption: TOYOTA KNEW THAT THE TRICK TO GETTING PEOPLE TO ACCEPT A NEW TECHNOLOGY WAS TO ANCHOR IT TO SOMETHING OLD, RELIABLE, POPULAR, AND AWFUL, SO THE PRIUS CONTAINED AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.]
[Caption: SCALA.]
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