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		jongraehl on July 7, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scala as long-term replacement for Java Yes, but Scala is a less polished FPL than Haskell. If you're using Scala instead, it's because you love OO, want convenient global mutable state, aren't interested in the purity (read: B&D) of Haskell's effect system, or want to use Java libraries.

warfangle on July 7, 2009 [–]

Haskell has also been around 13 years longer than Scala.

It's no wonder it's more polished.

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