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Psp collections: views and more by Paul Phillips
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 HN readers recommended it
Cited in Scala debates as an insider's critique that persuaded many the language's problems were deep.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- AI Council
- Topic
- scala language design
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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> Or use a better language ;-). E.g. in Scala You might want to watch Paul Phillips' recent talk: [VIDEO] You will probably start changing your mind about whether Scala is a "better" language. Especially on the collections side. > to get all the benefits …
laureny on Hacker News · 2014-02
In Why not inherit from List?Going by Paul Phillips's (largest contributor to the scala compiler) YouTube rant, [VIDEO] , nobody ever gets over the cliffs. His rant is great, for more than just scala.
bjwbell on Hacker News · 2015-09
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