Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
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Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
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Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#2Because nothing says nimbleness and agility like a name that suggests you are so heavy that you distort the very fabric of spacetime.
What's the backstory on this company? Who are they and why are they on the front page of HN?
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#3Because nothing says nimbleness and agility like a name that suggests you are so heavy that you distort the very fabric of spacetime. What's the backstory on this company? Who are they and why are they on the front page of HN?
They created / update / maintain Scala and it's suite of tools and packages (akka etc.)
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#4Not bad, I was worried they'd pick some version of "reactive" to confuse us all even more.
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#5Sounds like a Javascript framework or Lighttpd.
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#6Because nothing says nimbleness and agility like a name that suggests you are so heavy that you distort the very fabric of spacetime. What's the backstory on this company? Who are they and why are they on the front page of HN?
There is no minimum mass required to bend light. Why does bending light suggest something "so heavy" to you?
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#7Because nothing says nimbleness and agility like a name that suggests you are so heavy that you distort the very fabric of spacetime. What's the backstory on this company? Who are they and why are they on the front page of HN?
Since when does bending light require distorting the fabric of spacetime? All you need is two transparent materials of different densities, they don't have to be heavy, and you will bend light as it passes from one to the other, it's called refraction.
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#8Goodnite, sweet prince.
On one side, I support Odersky's decision to focus on Scala's simple and modular next version, Dotty (the present one became a Flying Spaghetti Monster, without the flying part). But as for now, Scala is effectively dead.
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#9Because nothing says nimbleness and agility like a name that suggests you are so heavy that you distort the very fabric of spacetime. What's the backstory on this company? Who are they and why are they on the front page of HN?
There is no minimum mass required to bend light. Why does bending light suggest something "so heavy" to you?
I assume aaronbrethorst is thinking of gravitational lensing.
Re: Typesafe Changes Name to Lightbend
#10Goodnite, sweet prince. On one side, I support Odersky's decision to focus on Scala's simple and modular next version, Dotty (the present one became a Flying Spaghetti Monster, without the flying part). But as for now, Scala is effectively dead.
"Dotty is a platform to try out new language concepts and compiler technologies for Scala." [0]
Why should Scala be dead for now? I agree its a Flying Spaghetti Monster, but so is C++.