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Keynote: The Last Hope for Scala's Infinity War - John A. De Goes

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What it is

John A. De Goes's Scalapeno keynote argues that Scala's popularity is declining because of compile times, complexity and compatibility problems. He proposes a path for Scala to survive, including a simplified functional subset.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in Scala and language-marketing discussions for its accurate account of Scala's pain points and its argument that a language's pitch must address a real developer pain.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “John De Goes describes pain points quite accurately in Scalapeno keynote”

    Describes Scala's pain points quite accurately.

    metalrain, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Lisp and Haskell (2017)”

  2. “Here's a great talk arguing that a lot of language features should be eliminated”

    Argues Scala should drop features and become a functional language.

    MrPowers, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Scala projects are difficult to maintain”

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Topics: scala, functional programming, jvm, kotlin, language design

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