There are those who say scala is complicated, and there are those who actually learn it and once they do they love it more than anything out there. So yeah, I love scala.
[edit: also, you're inferring the experience of people from the complaints that they make. that means that you are automatically dismissing anyone who makes certain kinds of complaints simply because you know that some people who make those complaints have little experience of scala. so, for a very simple example, you might find that only people with a very high tolerance for type system induced pain can tolerate scala - then you would be dismissing the majority of people, presumably with valid criticisms of scala, just because they are not part of your (self-selected, exceptional - and not necessarily in a good way) clique.]
I think the case is not that people knowing Scala are unable to see the problems of the language (e. g. scala.Enumeration).
The thing is that people knowing the language can easily tell apart people who never seriously tried using the language from those who did, because the complains of the first group are so much different from the other group.
what do you want me to do? i was less aggressive than you are. i gave links to references. i posted from my own account rather than hiding behind a new one. herd behaviour and sunk costs are good explanations for the kind of response i was replying to - everyone knows that technology creates "fan boys". so what, exactly, are you criticising in what i said?
i don't understand your anger, apart from the fact that you don't like to be wrong.
What about the guy who actually asked the question? this whole thing emerged in an askreddit thread in which someone asked what would happen if marines went back in time.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't get anything. Ideas aren't subject to copyright protection. Ditto for the people who made suggestions, unless Erwin copied text into his story.
Right. Writers are told all the time "I have a great idea. You write it and we'll split the money". I read of one writer's response "I know this boxer; you fight him and we'll split the money"
I had free healthcare, even though I only used it for one or two checkups.
I was enjoying making art and the art scene in Barcelona, at least for the first few years I was here.
The first job was potentially better than what I could get in the U.S. It was my first programming job and I am not a cs major, I have a liberal arts degree which doesn't get you many jobs in the U.S. So it was a professional opportunity for me. I just wanted to live in Spain, and never had issues any serious issues being illegal that really impacted my life. I was very fortunate in that I had a well paid part time job. The biggest inconvenience I suffered was not being able to sign contracts for mobile phones or apartments. Trivial compared to what most illegal immigrants go through.
Now, as I get a bit older (I am 34), and have substantial programming experience, the jobs and opportunities available in the U.S. are looking very attractive. At the moment I stay in Barcelona for personal reasons and a desire to finish the current contract I have with the research group. I do have my eye on moving back to the U.S. next year.
