Scala is a general purpose programming language principally targeting the Java Virtual Machine. Designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way, it fuses both imperative and functional programming styles.
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Scala usage numbers [closed]
We are a small team of developers and are currently in the process of drafting a business idea targeting scala developers as potential customers. In order to convince investors we obviously need some ...
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How is Nothing a subtype of every other type in Scala
I am taking Martin Odersky's coursera course on functional programming with scala, and for now I have learned two things that together don't make sense:
Scala doesn't support multiple inheritance
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Is Clojure's syntax really simpler than Scala's?
Argument which is always made in favour of Clojure is that.
The syntax is simpler and there is only one way of expressing code with no complicated rules.
However Scala has loads of different types ...
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Why does scala use the '_' operator for package import instead of '*' as in java?
In my opinion, one of the greatest things about Scala is it's interoperability with Java and its similar syntax. One thing that I found strange is the use of the _ operator for package wilcard imports ...
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Node.JS or Scala for mobile and web apps
I am coming from a php background with some python as well. I want to start working on a different language for both web and mobile development. I am also interested in real time apps dealing with ...
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What are the practical benefits of LISP like syntax which Clojure uses over Java like syntax of Scala?
I spent couple of months learning Scala and got overwhelmed by number of different constructs it had,
After looking at partial functions, partially-applied functions, pattern matching, actor syntax,
I ...
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How are Scala Traits implemented in the JVM?
I have been reading about traits in Scala. They are pretty amazing. I am curious how they extend a class without actually resulting in multiple inheritance. I know that the JVM doesn't support ...
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Is memory management in programming becoming an irrelevant concern?
Background
I revisited an old (but great) site I had not been to for ages - the Alioth Language Shootout (http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/).
I started out programming in C/C++ several years ...
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Using akka actors with service spring beans
Do you think that using akka actors in front of transactional service beans, is a good idea ?
Actors are waked up by a facade used by a client application, and actor use a message to handle right ...
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Can Objective C categories serve the same purpose as Traits do in Scala?
The statement of the question seems little abstract to me, so please read the details below :)
Since the time when C++ was the first choice Object Oriented Language for almost anything,We had a big ...
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Method overload in scala
I know method overload is not allowed in Scala and I have read some posts regarding the reasons. But still, I see some functions overloaded in Scala library (example: println). I want to know how it ...
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Applying Denotational Semantics to design of Programs
I've read a bit on denotational semantics (DS) and I'm very intrigued about the process of designing computer programs where types and functions have strong and clear mappings to mathematics.
Are ...
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How will the new development of Java influence its interoperability with languages like Scala and Clojure?
As far as I understand, both Scala and Clojure have been designed as new languages that
depend on the JVM, and
easily integrate with Java code, in the sense that they allow to use Java classes ...
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Functional programming compared to OOP with classes
I have been interested in some of the concepts of functional programming lately. I have used OOP for some time now. I can see how I would build a fairly complex app in OOP. Each object would know how ...
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What's the problem with Scala's XML literals?
In this post, Martin (the language's head honcho) writes:
[XML literals] Seemed a great idea at the
time, now it sticks out like a sore thumb. I believe with the new
string interpolation ...
