Why do generics in Scala have erased types, and are not reifiable?
Why do generics in Scala have erased types, and are not reifiable?
null values vs “empty” singleton for optional fields
First of all I’m developing a parser for an XML-based format for 3D graphics called XGL.
But this question can be applied to any situation when you have fields in your class that are optional i.e. the value of this field can be missing.
Scala as a language for Generic Programming
In the paper “An Extended Comparative Study of Language Support for Generic Programming” by Garcia et al. an interesting comparison of programming languages features for generic programming is given:
The idea of functionN in Scala / Functionaljava
From brain driven development
Decision for Unchecked Exceptions in Scala
As a java programmer, I have always been critical of Unchecked Exceptions. Mostly programmers use it as an en-route to coding easiness only to create trouble later. Also the programs (though untidy) with checked exceptions are much robust compared to unchecked counterparts.
What are the advantages of Scala’s companion objects vs static methods?
Scala has no static-keyword, but instead has similar functionality through companion objects. Behind the scenes the companion objects are compiled to classes that have static methods, so all this is syntactic sugar. What are the advantages of this design choice? Disadvantages? Do other languanges have similar constructs?
Fastest Functional Language
I’ve recently been delving into functional programming especially Haskell and F#, the prior more so. After some googling around I could not find a benchmark comparison of the more prominent functional languages (Scala,F# etc).
What’s the problem with Scala’s XML literals?
In this post, Martin (the language’s head honcho) writes:
Functional programming compared to OOP with classes
I have been interested in some of the concepts of functional programming lately. I have used OOP for some time now. I can see how I would build a fairly complex app in OOP. Each object would know how to do things that object does. Or anything it’s parents class does as well. So I can simply tell Person().speak() to make the person talk.
How will the new development of Java influence its interoperability with languages like Scala and Clojure?
As far as I understand, both Scala and Clojure have been designed as new languages that