tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post5131616257537768967..comments2010-08-26T23:00:34.334-07:00Comments on Build Without Boundaries: Language Use CasesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-69109514078273093602008-05-08T23:12:00.000-07:002008-05-08T23:12:00.000-07:00This is Easy! As a Java boy...I want easy date ma...This is Easy! As a Java boy...<BR/><BR/>I want easy date manipulation. Think JodaTime, not Java Dates...maybe i'm the only one who thinks that most date processing is pathetic....Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937309961995571111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-42949905034410455182008-01-28T20:21:00.000-08:002008-01-28T20:21:00.000-08:00Wow, there's a conversation stopper. Thanks for ra...Wow, there's a conversation stopper. Thanks for raining on our parade, Mike! ;)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, back to imagination land -- we need Lazy evaluation! and static typing! and H-M inference to make the type annotations optional! and generics! with multiple dispatch! and currying!<BR/><BR/>And a Pony!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848042365037213287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-70569579669274263382008-01-25T04:27:00.000-08:002008-01-25T04:27:00.000-08:00Industry backing by more than one successful compa...Industry backing by more than one successful company<BR/><BR/>Lots of great books<BR/><BR/>Industry backing by more than one well respected guruMichael Finneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457098547399793906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-60163861762051144272008-01-23T19:32:00.000-08:002008-01-23T19:32:00.000-08:00I would like a concept of an unknown. This would ...I would like a concept of an unknown. This would be like a variable that represents multiple states. Constraints and conditional constraints could be used to narrow the possible states.Steve Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296699170229453989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-23260001888424995602008-01-22T20:06:00.000-08:002008-01-22T20:06:00.000-08:00Oh yeah... I'm especially fond of languages that a...Oh yeah... I'm especially fond of languages that also let you override/define operators. I like the way scala does this, like this example on my blog: <BR/><BR/>http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/01/12/my-geek-new-years-resolutions/James Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974744291544456963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-71199317301536953462008-01-22T19:50:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:50:00.000-08:00Hmmm... built in support for metaprogramming and d...Hmmm... built in support for metaprogramming and design by contract would be a must.<BR/><BR/>Also the ability to add methods/attributes to an object instance dynamically is VERY usefulJames Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974744291544456963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-27313382841278862212008-01-22T17:26:00.000-08:002008-01-22T17:26:00.000-08:00I especially agree with your last requirement: ev...I especially agree with your last requirement: even functions are objects. Including anonymous functions (colsures).Ethan Viziteihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886242271824345907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-36448678599765330532008-01-21T18:54:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:54:00.000-08:00Concerning objects and functions:Even functions ar...Concerning objects and functions:<BR/><BR/>Even functions are objects.Steve Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296699170229453989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-26399859217233264402008-01-21T18:37:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:37:00.000-08:00It should be really easy to perform operations ove...It should be really easy to perform operations over collections. For-each loops are a good start, but I'm looking for things along the lines of map and filter.<BR/><BR/>Typically, that would require first-order functions -- which would be nice to have in their own right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848042365037213287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-46117175330420873702008-01-21T17:06:00.000-08:002008-01-21T17:06:00.000-08:00Concerning function parameters:All function parame...Concerning function parameters:<BR/>All function parameters are immutable by default unless explicitly stated otherwise.Steve Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296699170229453989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-90954259429701634392008-01-21T16:55:00.000-08:002008-01-21T16:55:00.000-08:00Concerning Types:A 'Set' type is available with co...Concerning Types:<BR/>A 'Set' type is available with common set theory functions.Steve Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296699170229453989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425222933030704299.post-90385489148503616272008-01-21T16:46:00.000-08:002008-01-21T16:46:00.000-08:00Okay then, I'll start:Everything is an object. No...Okay then, I'll start:<BR/><BR/>Everything is an object. No primitives.Steve Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296699170229453989noreply@blogger.com