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Psp collections: views and more by Paul Phillips

AI Council · talk · Watch on YouTube

Programming language designFunctional programmingCompilers, interpreters & program analysis

What it is

Paul Phillips, a major Scala compiler contributor, gives a long talk on Scala collections and views, using it to critique Scala's design and direction.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in Scala debates as an insider's critique that persuaded many the language's problems were deep.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “You might want to watch Paul Phillips' recent talk”

    Critique of Scala collections and subtyping problems.

    laureny, 2014-02 · Recommendation · in “Why not inherit from List?”

  2. “His rant is great, for more than just scala.”

    Insider rant on Scala's problems, relevant beyond Scala.

    bjwbell, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “Bruce Eckel announces he's going to write Atomic Python”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: scala, collections, language critique, subtyping, compiler

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