[fuzzyman]

And whilst we're at it can people stop using "water" as a synonym for "pure water". Mud is water too, it's just not as pure!

[mattdeboard]

Terrible, terrible, terrible analogy.

The ecosystem of programming languages are analogous to class&race interplay in RPGs, especially RPGs where youve got strong distinctions between melee (imperative) and casting (functional) classes, with a smattering of hybrids (Python, Ruby, Scala, Clojure).

[dlikhten]

anon_d has a point, im interested in the same take on using scala and other hybrids.