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3 3  [[Scala>>http://www.scala-lang.org/]] is a modern, multi-paradigm JVM language that is most often compared to [[Groovy>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy_(programming_language)]], [[Clojure>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clojure]] or [[Erlang>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_(programming_language)]]. Its [[functional language>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming]] foundations and built-in Actors library makes it especially attractive for concurrent computing. (Scala is an abbreviation for "scalable" hinting at its design goals). In this day and age of multi-core processors concurrent computing can not be ignored.
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5 -Many of Scala's features have been designed with concurrency in mind, some of which may not be unfamiliar to Objective-C or WebObjects developers. Here's a summary:
5 +Many of the design features of Scala have been chosen with concurrency in mind, some of which may not be unfamiliar to Objective-C or WebObjects developers. Here's a summary:
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7 7  |= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
8 8  |= Immutability | Collections //e.g: NSArray/NSMutableArray// | No | Yes
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32 32  ===== Caveats =====
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34 -Legacy tool support is often cited as a weak point. If your Application class is in Scala then you will have to create an Eclipse launch configuration manually. Also the [[Scala plugin>>http://www.scala-ide.org]] can be slow at times and sometimes buggy.
34 +Legacy tool support is often cited as a weak point. If your Application class is in Scala then you will have to create an Eclipse launch configuration manually. The [[Eclipse Scala plugin>>http://www.scala-ide.org]] has been found to be slow at times and sometimes buggy.
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36 36  = WebObjects In Scala =
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