Do you use Scala, Groovy, or another JVM-based language besides Java?

Percent · 07-16-2018, 09:34 AM

I used to love Scala for its simplicity, but I am always more comfortable with just using Java. Which languages do you use that run on the Java platform (besides Java, of course)?

Vultra · 07-16-2018, 12:18 PM

What is different between java and scala?
(Just seen an image of groovy and, it looks much easier then java)
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/confessi...1459859034

Percent · 07-16-2018, 10:14 PM

(07-16-2018, 12:18 PM)Mimiakira Wrote: What is different between java and scala?
(Just seen an image of groovy and, it looks much easier then java)
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/confessi...1459859034

Scala is a functional programming language compatible with the JVM. The primary difference between Java and Scala is that Scala suffers from syntactic diabetes, and has a ton of stupid rules.

Vultra · 07-17-2018, 01:44 AM

(07-16-2018, 10:14 PM)Percent Wrote:
(07-16-2018, 12:18 PM)Mimiakira Wrote: What is different between java and scala?
(Just seen an image of groovy and, it looks much easier then java)
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/confessi...1459859034

Scala is a functional programming language compatible with the JVM. The primary difference between Java and Scala is that Scala suffers from syntactic diabetes, and has a ton of stupid rules.

Then, if the rules are stupid, why use it? haha or, is it something that works fine then java. I don't see people use groovy just because of how the functionality of the code works.

Percent · 07-17-2018, 02:25 AM

(07-17-2018, 01:44 AM)Mimiakira Wrote:
(07-16-2018, 10:14 PM)Percent Wrote:
(07-16-2018, 12:18 PM)Mimiakira Wrote: What is different between java and scala?
(Just seen an image of groovy and, it looks much easier then java)
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/confessi...1459859034

Scala is a functional programming language compatible with the JVM. The primary difference between Java and Scala is that Scala suffers from syntactic diabetes, and has a ton of stupid rules.

Then, if the rules are stupid, why use it? haha or, is it something that works fine then java. I don't see people use groovy just because of how the functionality of the code works.

Well, obviously that is just my opinion, and there are people out there who enjoy Scala. In the end, all of these languages translate to Java bytecode.

Vultra · 07-17-2018, 02:40 AM

(07-17-2018, 02:25 AM)Percent Wrote:
(07-17-2018, 01:44 AM)Mimiakira Wrote:
(07-16-2018, 10:14 PM)Percent Wrote: Scala is a functional programming language compatible with the JVM. The primary difference between Java and Scala is that Scala suffers from syntactic diabetes, and has a ton of stupid rules.

Then, if the rules are stupid, why use it? haha or, is it something that works fine then java. I don't see people use groovy just because of how the functionality of the code works.

Well, obviously that is just my opinion, and there are people out there who enjoy Scala. In the end, all of these languages translate to Java bytecode.

Right, thanks. I might talk with my mate about this stuff and see what he says about it.

Percent · 07-17-2018, 02:53 AM

(07-17-2018, 02:40 AM)Mimiakira Wrote:
(07-17-2018, 02:25 AM)Percent Wrote:
(07-17-2018, 01:44 AM)Mimiakira Wrote: Then, if the rules are stupid, why use it? haha or, is it something that works fine then java. I don't see people use groovy just because of how the functionality of the code works.

Well, obviously that is just my opinion, and there are people out there who enjoy Scala. In the end, all of these languages translate to Java bytecode.

Right, thanks. I might talk with my mate about this stuff and see what he says about it.

Not a problem! These are just different representations of the same lower-level thing (Java bytecode), just like how, in turn, all programming languages are eventually translated from Assembly, into magnetism; electricity; ones and zeroes.