On: Five years of Scala and counting: debunking some myths

[wtetzner]

This is true, and in some ways I get annoyed by this saying, because it doesn't add much value.

I think there are two better ways of evaluating a language in terms of good code/bad code:

1. Does the language (and its idioms) encourage good or bad code?

2. Does the language support strong enough abstraction facilities to allow good code to be written?

Now, of course, the problem is that people will disagree about what counts as good code, but these at least make you think about what's important in a language.

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