[infinispan-dev] scala code in Infinispan

[Mircea Markus]

On 31 Jan 2013, at 12:08, Bela Ban wrote:

> I've said it before and am repeating myself here: I believe including 
> Scala code is a very bad decision for the following reasons:
> 
> - Not a lot of people are proficient in Scala
> - What happens when the people who wrote the Scala code leave ? We'd 
> have to build up Scala knowledge in house to be able to develop/maintain 
> that code
> - Support: same for knowledge: we have to support Scala code if there's 
> a bug, but IMO we don't have Scala folks in support
> - Debugging: cross language debugging is hairy at least (or so I 
> heard/read from different people)
> - I've had a few run-ins with the Scala compiler when compiling 
> Infinispan with Maven
Agreed on all points.
OTOH learning/using a new language can be good fun, so with that in mind having Scala in ISPN might be a positive think. From what I saw discussing with people is that not everyone shares this enthusiasm in using Scala, and even fewer in debugging Scala. 
> If it was up to me, I'd flat-out *prohibit* any new Scala code in 
> Infinispan. Long-term I'd also replace Scala with Java, although the 
> server is probably not such a big problem as it is a standalone and 
> independent subsystem.
> 
> my 5 cents,
> 




Cheers,
-- 
Mircea Markus
Infinispan lead (www.infinispan.org)




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