ANNOUNCEMENT: The Scala Programming Language

From: Stéphane Micheloud (stephane.micheloud_at_epfl.ch)
Date: 01/21/04

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    We'd like to announce availability of the first implementation of the
    Scala programming language. Scala smoothly integrates object-oriented
    and functional programming. It is designed to express common
    programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. Scala
    introduces several innovative language constructs. For instance:

    - Abstract types and mixin composition unify ideas from object and
       module systems.

    - Pattern matching over class hierarchies unifies functional and
       object-oriented data access. It greatly simplifies the processing of
       XML trees.

    - A flexible syntax and type system enables the construction of
       advanced libraries and new domain specific languages.

    At the same time, Scala is compatible with Java. Java libraries and
    frameworks can be used without glue code or additional declarations.

    The current implementation of Scala runs on Java VM. It requires JDK
    1.4 and can run on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris, and most other
    operating systems. A .net version of Scala is currently under
    development.

    For further information and downloads, please visit:

         http://scala.epfl.ch/

    ======================================================================
    Martin Odersky and the Scala team,
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL).


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