Scala

Closures in Java and Scala

People argue that verbose code is easier to understand. Do you agree when reading these two examples, one method in Java, one in Scala?

11 replies - 3976 views - 05/21/08 by joern.zaefferer in News

Scala Goes Dynamic with JavaRebel

As a scalable language Scala can be used both for scripting and for large enterprise applications. We at ZeroTurnaround respect and support the vision of a...

0 replies - 1891 views - 05/21/08 by Jevgeni Kabanov in News

Scala Liftoff

I stayed around in San Francisco for one more day after JavaOne, in order to attend the Scala liftoff. The liftoff was an open space style conference (which...

0 replies - 1728 views - 05/16/08 by twleung in News

Groovy (and Ruby) Only Solves Half the Problem

It is with some dismay I've been reading the latest Groovy discussions on Javalobby. I've spent quite some time learning Scala, so it bothered me a bit that I...

10 replies - 9896 views - 02/20/08 by Mats Henricson in News

Clustered Scala

There has been a lot of discussion about the different concurrency models provided in languages like Java (shared-state) vs those provided in languages like...

0 replies - 1866 views - 01/25/08 by Alex Miller in News

The busy Java developer's guide to Scala

Ted Neward, popular developer, author and speaker, wrote an introductory article for Scala, which is on IBM developerWorks.The busy Java developer's guide to...

0 replies - 1921 views - 01/24/08 by Rick Hightower in News

Year of the Snake: JVM Languages, which would you pick?

"TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007" making it the 6th most popular language. According to the Tiobe report increased by over 2%....

0 replies - 2634 views - 01/20/08 by Rick Hightower in News