Scala

by Wolfram Saringer (2009-04-28)
last change: 2009-04-28

Looking for a imperative/functional hybrid language running on top of the JVM? Take a look at Scala, the brainchild of Martin Odorsky.
Twitter adapted this language for their backend processing due to performance reasons (the interface still uses Ruby on Rails), IDEA supports it via a plugin, there is already some literature available...

Links:
artima.com: Twitter on Scala (http://www.artima.com)
Martin Odersky: Programming in Scala (Amazon) (http://www.amazon.de)
The Scala Programming Language (http://www.scala-lang.org)