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The definition of compiler i learned was “takes some code, translate it to semantically equivalent code in a different language (which might be machine language, bytecode…)”. This …

Any dynamic language - by definition, they check types at runtime. Or, unfortunately, a lot of static languages. Any static language that allows type casting, for instance - that's…

You say that like it's a bad thing, but that's what a static language is - types are checked at compile time and, hopefully, forgotten about at runtime.

But java.util.Date is mutable where a long isn't, and that's a problem. People can mutate a Date from under your feet if they manage to get a reference to it. This has a lot of far…

I would say that rather depends on what OP means by "properly". If OP already knows Scala and would like to get better at it and one assumes that "Scala as Haskell in the JVM" is m…

I hate to be that guy, but in the fourth paragraph, the author mentions the variance issue as old news.

And else is used more than if...

But still, you end up with tests for what the author feels his code should handle, not necessarily what the real world is actually like. Don't get me wrong, that's still valuable -…

What do you mean, you should not be testing internal implementations anyway? Does that also mean you don't do unit test, only integration or end-to-end ones, because unit tests are…

Or, you know, write property-based tests instead, so you only need to worry about the logic and not the test values. I've always found that if you let the author of a piece of code…

I thought the concept entertaining, up until I read the bit about "rape causing little to no long lasting harm to the victim". Shame, this could have been a fun, if weird and selfi…

I agree with part of your sentence only. Managers, especially professional ones (as opposed to ones that were promoted from the kind of position they end up managing) do tend to pu…

There might not be such a distinction in France. It was a summer job with some level of mentoring, which we just call "internship". It's entirely possible that this is what America…

Yeah, it was an internship with some friend of my parents. I don't believe there was a formal contract or that I read it if there was (but I was 16 and very naive). The "managers a…

While I agree with you now , I recall being on the edge of tears when my very first internship concluded and my manager told me I'd already gotten paid in knowledge and should not …

> Who says the dress code is a reasonable decision? I'll tell you who doesn't get to say whether it is or is not: interns (unless the dress code is illegal, but that doesn't appear…

Slave labour? I assume you're talking about internship in the US, how does that work? In France, I personally pay my interns (no great credit to me though, it's a legal obligation)…

When n (for n >= 2) interns are all told separately no, then gang up and demand more time and attention be devoted to their problem, a problem for which a reasonable decision has a…

There might very well be an open door policy in that company - apparently, all interns had talked to their managers about the issue, so managers are available. Just because they we…

Thanks for taking the time to share this. I was aware of the community build - I believe it was discussed in some depths on Scalawags a while ago? - and find it to be an amazing in…

If you feel my comments were dismissive of your work, or your team's work, then I owe you an apology. You're right to be proud of what you've done, it's quite a list of achievement…

My english is obviously not as fluent as I thought it was. None of this was meant to be implied by my comments. I have no opinion on what the best way to advance Scala might be, no…