Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 66180 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 96499 invoked by uid 500); 1 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 96409 invoked by uid 500); 1 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -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 96391 invoked by uid 99); 1 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:05:18 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.68.5.15] (HELO relay01.pair.com) (209.68.5.15) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:05:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 42426 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2009 01:03:45 -0000 Received: from 75.143.234.216 (HELO ?192.168.1.104?) (75.143.234.216) by relay01.pair.com with SMTP; 1 Oct 2009 01:03:45 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 75.143.234.216 Message-Id: <958AF8A4-EE21-461C-BEFA-295916134587@apache.org> From: Damien Katz To: dev@couchdb.apache.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: One question on Scala VS Erlang Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:03:44 -0400 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I don't think I'd heard of Scala at the time, or it was a very immature. I'd still make the same decision, as the Erlang VM is better suited to supporting the actor model, particularly in failure scenarios. -Damien On Sep 30, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Thad Guidry wrote: > Hi Damien, > > One more question for you. > > When you were investigating languages early on (with "CouchDB" idea in > mind), what was the one BIG reason that you DID NOT like Scala over > Erlang > ? I know about all the many differences. I'm just looking for your > opinion > at that time you made your choice. > > Thanks, > Thad