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eli_gottlieb on June 19, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: On Scala

Too much features: Scala has everything, it seems like the language designers coudn't make a choice about what is best. "Whoo this is cool, lets add it". One word: implicits, arrgh

You mean implicit conversions, right? Because implicit parameters are the single best thing since sliced bread.

TeeWEE on June 19, 2013 [–]

Yes, thanks for correcting me. Implicits parameters are not so bad, but still i'd rather love code to be explicit.

eli_gottlieb on June 20, 2013 | [–]

Bah, if they were explicit, they wouldn't be nearly as useful for parametric polymorphism.

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