Ask HN: Scala or Ruby?

1 pointsby eaxitect11 yıl önce3 comments

We're about to develop a Big Data product. We're very comfortable on Ruby and Java. However, there is an uprising popularity on Scala w.r.t Big Data (i.e. Apache Spark, PredictionIO etc). Since there will be many sub-systems like UX, Business Logic etc. down to the Big Data part, we're considering Ruby will be OK for those parts where we can switch to Java for Big Data crunching.

However, I'd like to verify this choice w.r.t Scala-only stack (using Spray, Akka etc. for other subsystems than Big Data part).

2 comments

papauschek11 yıl önce

For data-processing-heavy apps you're going to want Scala.

I don't see why Ruby/Scala interop should be more difficult than Ruby/Java interop.

eaxitect11 yıl önce

Actually that's one of the reasons I'm confused (Scala/Ruby interop). Thanks btw.

eaxitect11 yıl önce

Any comment?