What compromises Scala made to run on JVM?
jvm, jvm-languages, language-design, scala, scala-2.8
Solution
This article is a discussion with Martin Odersky (Scala's creator) and includes the compromises that were made in Scala for compatibility with Java. The article mentions:
- Static overloading of methods
- Having both traits and classes
- Inclusion of `null` pointers.
Problem
Scala is a wonderful language, but I wonder how could be improved if it had it's own runtime? I.e. what design choices were made because of JVM choice?