# HG changeset patch # User Christian Urban # Date 1541592481 0 # Node ID d59c7995bcb239221d23ff4742815cf396fc44a1 # Parent c3e39fdeea3baa5db6ed005e81651ea74a1ecc54 updated handout diff -r c3e39fdeea3b -r d59c7995bcb2 handouts/pep-ho.pdf Binary file handouts/pep-ho.pdf has changed diff -r c3e39fdeea3b -r d59c7995bcb2 handouts/pep-ho.tex --- a/handouts/pep-ho.tex Wed Nov 07 11:59:16 2018 +0000 +++ b/handouts/pep-ho.tex Wed Nov 07 12:08:01 2018 +0000 @@ -1204,11 +1204,21 @@ \subsection*{Conclusion} -I hope you like the short journey in the Scala World: remember we +I hope you liked the short journey through the Scala language---but remember we like you to take on board the functional programming point of view, -rather than just learning another language. If you moan about all the -idiotic features of Scala, well that is part of the packaged according -to this quote:\bigskip +rather than just learning another language. There is an interesting +blog article about Scala by a convert: + +\begin{center} +\url{https://www.skedulo.com/tech-blog/technology-scala-programming/} +\end{center} + +\noindent +He makes pretty much the same arguments about functional programming and +immutability (one section is teasingly called \textit{``Where Did all +the Bugs Go?''}). If you happen to moan about all the idiotic features +of Scala, well, I guess this is part of the package according to this +quote:\bigskip %\begin{itemize} %\item no exceptions....there two kinds, one ``global'' exceptions, like