Scala design process vs D

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

retard wrote:
> I only now realized how disciplined and professional the Scala design 
> process is vs amateur languages like D. Just look how clearly they are 
> able to express the changes of a minor release update:
> 
> http://www.scala-lang.org/node/4587
> 
> They also have the concept of improvement documents (kind of like DIP):
> 
> http://www.scala-lang.org/sid/8
> 
> It's no wonder Scala is doing so well whilst it's still very young.

Walter vs. Odersky is like Rocky vs. Drago: while Odersky is training in 
the most controlled conditions and with the best equipment, Walter is 
training most alone in the mountains, in the most primitive conditions 
(e.g. microemacs has no syntax coloring!) and with only one lousy companion.

(Walter from the mountaintop: Oderskyyyyyyyyy!...)


Andrei