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One more than one occasion, I’ve found myself yearning for a more functional paradigm that facilitates easier concurrency programming on the JVM. And while Erlang is an excellent platform for ...

There are many touted benefits of the Scala programming language, especially for Java developers. Among others, Scala’s advertised strengths and advantages include the following: Able to run on ...

Scala is essentially the C++ of high level (ergo, memory managed) languages on the JVM. It supports many paradigms equally, and due to this, it has sacrificed the "simplicity" of the language. Even ...

A recent developer survey from Stack Overflow (Stack Exchange Inc.) shows that only 4 percent of professional programmers use the scalable language Scala in their projects. That’s a far cry from the ...

Scala, a statically typed language running atop the Java Virtual Machine, is emerging as a development option for building Google Android applications. While developers already are aware of Java and ...

Scala is a statically typed, high-level programming language that supports both object-oriented and functional programming. Offering interoperability with Java, Scala is object-oriented with a syntax ...

Red Hat engineer Gavin King, the creator of Hibernate, is developing a new programming language for enterprise software development. His team at Red Hat has apparently been working on the grammar in ...