I have found it both interesting and rewarding to learn a new programming language or major framework on a roughly yearly basis. If forced to self-identify with any single programming language, it ...

One of the strengths of Scala that appeals to me most is the thorough documentation built around this language. The documentation tends to be clear and current. For example, the Getting Started ...

For example, in regular programming you initialize a variable to some value: x = 1 return x * 2. This will return 2. But the value of the program can change when another programmer checks out that ...

Scala is not among the most popular programming languages but soon this could change. With a EUR 2.3 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC), the Scala team will double their ...

Typesafe, a new startup co-founded by Martin Odersky, creator of the Scala language, launches to enable developers to create cloud and multicore applications in Scala.

Assembly language provides fine grain control. But it’s rarely used these days, with the exception of some operating-system hackers or 8-bit embedded programmers working on small ...

Programming languages: Go, Scala and Ruby most wanted, Python and JavaScript most used Written by Steve Ranger, Global News Director Feb. 11, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. PT ...

Checkmarx, a provider of application security testing, announced open beta support of the Scala programming language. The new capability adds the ability to analyse and remediate security risks and ...

The Scala programming language, which runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has made some inroads into enterprise deployments, but improvements in areas such as tooling will help take it even further ...

Developers of the open source Scala programming language have been given a grant to work the language into a programming model designed to support parallel processing. The European Research Grant ...