On 25/08/2011 19:00, Tim Mensch wrote:
I could
explain in great detail what's wrong with Java as a language, even more
so now that I actually have to USE it. But I will refrain, because this
is a *Lua* list.
I haven't investigated LuaOS, so it is an uninformed answer, but from
what I see in the announcement, if you use it, you don't deal with Java
the language, but Java the platform, ie. the JVM and its library.
I have nothing against Java (well, I find it bearable, in my daily
work), but I find myself more attracted to Scala, a more well thought
language, that can remain simple, and which is strongly typed, which can
be seen as an advantage in large projects.
I still love dynamically typed Lua, it is just another face of the coin
of programming (the gorilla and the butterfly).
