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1 1  === What is Scala? ===
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3 -[[Scala>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_(programming_language)]] is a JVM language that is a hybrid of Object-Oriented and Functional styles. Its [[functional language>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming]] foundations and built-in Actors library makes it especially attractive for concurrent computing. In this day and age of multi-core processors concurrent computing can not be ignored.
3 +[[Scala>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_(programming_language)]] is a modern, multi-paradigm JVM language that is most often compared to Groovy, Clojure or Erlang. Its [[functional language>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming]] foundations and built-in Actors library makes it especially attractive for concurrent computing. In this day and age of multi-core processors concurrent computing can not be ignored.
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5 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:
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