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Scala: Bringing Future Languages to the JVM

Posted by Lex Spoon on Mar 21, 2008 06:00 PM

Community
Java
Topics
Domain Specific Languages,
Language
Tags
JAOO Conference,
Scala,
Language Features,
JVM,
Functional Programming,
Languages
Summary
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.

Bio
Lex Spoon divides his time between two posts: he works at EPFL in Switzerland on the Scala team, and at IBM Research in New York on X10. He thus has a lot of recent experience with advanced programming languages that play nice with the existing Java world.

About the conference
JAOO is the premier European developer conference on software technology, methods and best practices. The conference presents in-depth presentations and tutorials by researchers, engineers and trend-setters in software engineering and technology.

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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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