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0 pointsPet_Ant1y ago0 comments

But did it provide a gain in power and soundness? There issues with the 2.x system.

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lmm1y ago

It did, which makes it all the more frustrating that you can't adopt it separately from the syntax and tooling changes.

But the new syntax is optional, right? So you could upgrade and keep the old syntax? (I'm not a Scala dev, so this is just my impression.)

lmm1y ago

Some of the syntax changes are optional, some of them like the _/* change aren't.

merb1y ago

Most programming languages have unsound features.

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lmm1y ago

It did, which makes it all the more frustrating that you can't adopt it separately from the syntax and tooling changes.

But the new syntax is optional, right? So you could upgrade and keep the old syntax? (I'm not a Scala dev, so this is just my impression.)

lmm1y ago

Some of the syntax changes are optional, some of them like the _/* change aren't.

merb1y ago

Most programming languages have unsound features.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse