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_pmf_ on July 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: OCaml for the Masses (2011)

> In OCaml, one part of the language is crippled intentionally, due to what seems to be ideological reasons.

That's one thing that cannot be claimed for Scala, at last. No matter what concept it is or whether it fits anywhere, it goes in.

It's what is called language design.

frowaway001 on July 8, 2014 [–]

> That's one thing that cannot be claimed for Scala, at last. No matter what concept it is or whether it fits anywhere, it goes in.

That's absurd, and you know it.

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