From dev-return-3839-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Apr 08 09:10:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 79349 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2009 09:10:43 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Apr 2009 09:10:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 20262 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2009 09:10:42 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 20178 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2009 09:10:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 20168 invoked by uid 99); 8 Apr 2009 09:10:41 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:10:41 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [202.177.221.48] (HELO blenny.roughage.com.au) (202.177.221.48) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:10:32 +0000 Received: from wrasse (wrasse [172.8.173.6]) by blenny.roughage.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EA0640222D2D for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:10:09 +1000 (EST) Received: by wrasse (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8257F100A0A5; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:10:00 +1000 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: Erlang vs Scala From: Richard Heycock To: dev In-Reply-To: <49DB34CB.7090808@gmx.de> References: <9C1BC46B-3821-4736-A616-37A0E5C69B11@gmail.com> <49DB34CB.7090808@gmx.de> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:10:00 +1000 Message-Id: <1239181581-sup-9950@wrasse> User-Agent: Sup/0.7 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Excerpts from Sven Helmberger's message of Tue Apr 07 21:11:07 +1000 2009: > > Personally I would love to have couchdb running on java, even if teh > performance sucks badly. It would be too sweet to have couchdb > applications that run via java webstart. This is almost certainly a matter of opinion. If couchdb had been written in java I wouldn't have gone near it. I've used java extensively in the past (as a developer & sysadm) and I whilst I realise java has it's place I'm very, very glad that it wasn't chosen for couchdb. rgh > Regards, > Sven Helmberger