The ones I can think of are Existential types def foo(l: List[Option[_]]) = … Higher kinded type parameters case class A[K[_],T](a: K[T]) Ignored variables val _ = 5 Ignored parameters List(1, 2, 3) foreach { _ => println(“Hi”) } Ignored names of self types trait MySeq { _: Seq[_] => } Wildcard patterns Some(5) match … Read more
I have used it so far in two real projects very successfully. both are in the near real-time traffic information field (traffic as in cars on highways), distributed over several nodes, integrating messages between several parties, reliable backend systems. I’m not at liberty to give specifics on clients yet, when I do get the OK … Read more
Groovy is a dynamically typed language, whose syntax is very close to Java, with a number of syntax improvements that allow for lighter code and less boilerplate. It can run through an interpreter as well as being compiled, which makes it good for fast prototyping, scripts, and learning dynamic languages without having to learn a … Read more
tl;dr class C defines a class, just as in Java or C++. object O creates a singleton object O as instance of some anonymous class; it can be used to hold static members that are not associated with instances of some class. object O extends T makes the object O an instance of trait T; … Read more
I hope it’s not a “suicide note”, but I can see your point. You hit on what is at the same time both a strength and a problem of Scala: its extensibility. This lets us implement most major functionality in libraries. In some other languages, sequences with something like map or collect would be built … Read more