What's new in Scala 2.10

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by LiveTheDream • 14 years ago

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thebluesky• 14 years ago

Relevant video by Martin Odersky covering Scala 2.10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQNqIy5LdM Slides: http://mrkn.co/s/video_martin_odersky_what_s_next_for_scala,...

orp• 14 years ago

I just watched the entire video, and it's really interesting.

I especially recommend the part about how reflection is implemented in Scala 2.10. It explains the Cake pattern and how Scala self types enable dependency injection.

Good stuff

cageface3• 14 years ago

It's great to see so much activity on the Scala front, although it sounds to me like an already big & complex language is only getting bigger. Macros in particular could easily decrease the readability of an already often dense and cryptic syntax.

michaelochurch2• 14 years ago

Actually, I think Scala compares favorably to Java in complexity. Scala seems complex, but it also provides a lot of power. Take any moderately complex Scala program and try to implement it, in full generality, using Java generics. Or, if you're really brave, try to write it in C++.

Scala is more complex than "baby Java", but not as bad (while providing a lot more) as full-featured Java in real-world use.

cageface3• 14 years ago

I think this depends on how you define complexity. It's true that the Scala spec is shorter than the Java spec, but Scala has a number of very powerful features that can interact with each other in very intricate ways. I can pretty comfortably fit the handful of core ideas in Java in my head but I don't feel this way about Scala.

I have enjoyed writing Scala code, but I'm pessimistic enough about its longevity that I haven't been doing any side projects in it for a while.

moomin• 14 years ago

Range sum is now O(1). While I accept this is an improvement, isn't it a little... pointless?

soc88• 14 years ago

Attention to detail :-)

jdefarge2• 14 years ago

Please, Scala maintainers, stop adding features. You'll not please every developer in the world and it's not cool to be a kitchen sink. Again, just stop!

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