bkil vs. programming

Here are some nice pointers related to the promising multi-paradigm (OOP, FP, COM), multi-platform ( .NET +JVM) language we all adore. Some introductory guides: The Scala Programming Language - a quick and conscious overview [2009] Catching Up with Scala - another conscious overview [2007] Some background: The Scala Experiment – Can We Provide Better Language Support for Component Systems? - explains the intentions behind designing the language [2004] Java yields to other languages on the Java Virtual Machine an overview of some alternatives by Paul Krill from InfoWorld [2009] Some applications: Twitter on Scala - A Conversation with Steve Jenson, Alex Payne, and Robey Pointer by Bill Venners [April 3, 2009] Scala at Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Laboratory [2009] Ray tracer language comparison ported to Scala (and Groovy) - performance is on par [2007]

FreeArc, a great performing free software archiver written in combined Haskell/C

I've been thinking about the very same thing not too long ago: A Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board: Why do telephone keypads count from the top down, while calculators count from the bottom up?