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Presentation: Scala: Bringing Future Languages to the JVM

Posted by Ryan Slobojan on Mar 27, 2008 08:00 PM

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In this presentation, Lex Spoon discusses the Scala programming language. Topics covered include the origin of Scala, the philosophy behind Scala, the Scala feature set, Object-Oriented and Functional programming in Scala, examples of Scala code, writing DSLs, how Scala is converted into Java, Scala performance, Abstract Data Types, unapply, actors and partial functions.

Watch Scala: Bringing Future Languages to the JVM (44 minutes).

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Really interesting talk. Unfortunately... by Ole Friis Posted Mar 24, 2008 4:39 AM
Re: Really interesting talk. Unfortunately... by Ole Friis Posted Mar 24, 2008 4:57 AM
Very interesting talk by Michael G Posted Mar 24, 2008 2:04 PM
Re: Very interesting talk by Michael G Posted Mar 24, 2008 2:07 PM
podcast by phil swenson Posted Mar 28, 2008 1:46 PM
Re: podcast by Baruch Sadogursky Posted Apr 1, 2008 2:20 AM
Re: podcast by Ilya Boyandin Posted Apr 1, 2008 10:52 AM
Re: podcast by Oliver Hernàndez Valls Posted Apr 8, 2008 2:42 AM
Dissapointed with media delivery format/support by jonathan wolter Posted Apr 22, 2008 12:54 AM
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    Really interesting talk. Unfortunately...

    Mar 24, 2008 4:39 AM by Ole Friis

    ...the show stops abruptly after 32:46 of video. I guess I have to learn the rest of Scala by doing some manual reading, then :-) Anyway, Scala really looks intriguing.

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    Re: Really interesting talk. Unfortunately...

    Mar 24, 2008 4:57 AM by Ole Friis

    Ah, now it works, and as the InfoQ guys said, I probably had a connection hickup. Excellent!

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    Very interesting talk

    Mar 24, 2008 2:04 PM by Michael G

    First time I have got the feeling that my functional programming courses at university were good invested time. :-)

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    Re: Very interesting talk

    Mar 24, 2008 2:07 PM by Michael G

    Well, should add English courses.

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    podcast

    Mar 28, 2008 1:46 PM by phil swenson

    You guys should 1) have an audio only version 2) set up a podcast for them. Very few people want to sit and watch a 44 min interview. But I wouldn't mind downloading it and listening while I work out or drive....

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    Re: podcast

    Apr 1, 2008 2:20 AM by Baruch Sadogursky

    +1 for that.

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    Re: podcast

    Apr 1, 2008 10:52 AM by Ilya Boyandin

    +1 for podcasts

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    Re: podcast

    Apr 8, 2008 2:42 AM by Oliver Hernàndez Valls

    +1 for video downloading on a free format

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    Dissapointed with media delivery format/support

    Apr 22, 2008 12:54 AM by jonathan wolter

    I'm on OS X behind broadband and the playback stops at about the 3 minute mark. Sure would like to download it in a format that is independent of this flash player. Or, why not syndicate the content on google video (with mp4 download support), etc simultaneously. I bet it would do more good for your brand recognition than cost you in pageviews.

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