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,
Re: Really interesting talk. Unfortunately...
by Ole Friis,
Very interesting talk
by Michael G,
Re: Very interesting talk
by Michael G,
podcast
by phil swenson,
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by Baruch Sadogursky,
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by Ilya Boyandin,
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by Oliver Hernàndez Valls,
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by Cai Ray,
Dissapointed with media delivery format/support
by jonathan wolter,
Really interesting talk. Unfortunately...
by Ole Friis,
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...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.
Re: Really interesting talk. Unfortunately...
by Ole Friis,
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Ah, now it works, and as the InfoQ guys said, I probably had a connection hickup. Excellent!
Very interesting talk
by Michael G,
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First time I have got the feeling that my functional programming courses at university were good invested time. :-)
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by Michael G,
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Well, should add English courses.
podcast
by phil swenson,
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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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by Baruch Sadogursky,
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+1 for that.
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by Ilya Boyandin,
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+1 for podcasts
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by Oliver Hernàndez Valls,
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+1 for video downloading on a free format
Dissapointed with media delivery format/support
by jonathan wolter,
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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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by Cai Ray,
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I found out that audio presentations have provided download links, but video presentations have not.