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Scala is a powerful programming language for the Java virtual machine (JVM). It can give you higher quality and more concise code. Moreover, it offers a safe road to high-performance, scalable systems ...

The tug-o-war of software development languages gets really confusing; it’s hard to decide what language would prevail and become the new standard in application development. Why is it important?

Typesafe, the chief commercial backer of the open source Scala project, this week released the latest version of the company's software stack. Typesafe Stack 2.0 combines the Scala runtime, the Akka ...

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 ...

Lightbend (formerly Typesafe), the company behind the Reactive Platform that includes the Akka, Play and Lagom Frameworks as well as the Scala programming language, announced the results of a new ...

Scala runs over the JVM. Hence Scala can call upon java functionality and vice versa. Scala also has a .net support but that is not my scope at this time. According to professor Odersky, the overall ...