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Changes for page WebObjects with Scala

Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2011/05/10 02:10
From version 22.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2009/09/15 20:34
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To version 25.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2009/09/15 20:38
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3 3  Scala is a modern language not unlike Groovy.
4 4  It is said to be more powerful (and faster) than Groovy or Rails which has been the reason for its adoption at sites like Twitter.
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6 +Many of its features and paradigms favor multi-threaded and concurrent development:
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6 6  |= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
7 7  |= Mutable/Immuable Datatypes |Collections (e.g: //NSArray/NSMutableArray//) | No | //All datatypes//
8 8  |= Closures | (//extensions//) | No | //Built-in//
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9 9  |= Static variables | Yes | Yes | No
10 10  |= Static methods/functions | Yes | Yes | No
11 11  |= Concurrency | Grand Central Dispatch (//extensions//) | //Threads// | Actors
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15 +Other notable features include:
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17 +|= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
12 12  |= Parametered methods | Yes (e.g: //addObject: to:_) //| No | Yes (e.g: //add(object= ,to=)//
19 +|= Class composition | Categories | Interfaces | Traits
13 13  
14 14  === Why Use Scala? ===
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