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3 3  Scala is a language for concurrent computing.
4 4  In the day and age of multi-core processors, concurrent computing can't be ignored.
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6 -So many of Scala's features have been designed with concurrency in mind.
6 +Many of Scala's features have been designed with concurrency in mind.
7 7  Some of these may not be unfamiliar to Objective-C or WebObjects developers.
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9 9  Here's a quick summary:
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27 27  === Why Use Scala? ===
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29 -Developing and maintaining a concurrent or multi-threaded WebObjects application can be challenging.
29 +Scala is inherently thread-safe.
30 +Because of the lack of static variables developers don't need to worry about synchronising access to mutable shared data.
31 +It has concurrency that is effectively built-in to the language.
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31 -The lack of static variables means that Scala is inherently thread-safe.
32 -It has concurrency that is effectively built-in to the language in the form of Actors.
33 +So for WebObjects developers, Scala offers itself as a powerful, safe and easy-to-use solution for concurrent applications. (In other words, Scala Actors can be used for problems that would have normally required threads).
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34 -So for WebObjects developers, Scala offers itself as a powerful, safe and easy-to-use solution for concurrent applications.
35 -(In other words, Scala can be used for problems that would normally have required threads).
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37 37  === Can WebObjects be Programmed In Scala? ===
38 38  
39 39  Yes. It is very simple.