A Postfunctional Language - recently there have been more discussions about whether Scala is really a functional language. Here are the statements on this topic from the creator of Scala himself, Martin Odersky.
Archive 22. January 2010
Export ban for useless 'bomb detector' - useless, dowsing rods against bombs. That really brings so much - and they only now realize that these things don't have batteries? I mean, what do the people who bought this junk and paid millions for it have in their heads? Water? You test bomb detectors to see if they really work in practice and only then buy the large batch.
Giant Knife 16999 Wenger Swiss Army Knife - umm. So something like a Swiss officer's two-handed sword or so ...
The Collection - Leatherman - what about Leathermans in silver or gold with silver? I mean, what's a $12,000 Leatherman among friends ...