[erlang-questions] lists:reverse/1 as a built-in function

Richard A. O'Keefe ok@REDACTED
Mon Jan 22 06:16:42 CET 2007


Robert Baruch <autophile@REDACTED> wrote:
	I've been working with Java since  
	1.1 (which is, like, *forever* in Internet time!) and the package  
	naming and resolution scheme has never confused me. Without having  
	any point to address other than "Java sucks", though, I guess that  
	means I won't bother anymore with advocating a Java-like solution :/
	
I, on the other hand, have been working with Java since 0.9 (yes, really,
well, OK, supervising students working with Java 0.9).

I didn't say that "the package naming and resolution scheme" was
CONFUSING.  It's just inside-out, and as a result far clumsier than
it ever needed to be.  (The same applies to the Erlang imitation of it.)



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