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Scala and actors

Programming with actors was a new concept to me until I tried it out in Scala. It’s appears to be one of Scala’s most celebrated features, judging by the official blurb. Actors was a daunting word at first but it really ends up being a very simple concept. Actors are a programming model for concurrent […]

Posted 30 August 2009 † johan § Software development ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

First steps with Scala: XML pull parsing

I’m now going to share some of the results of my recent experiments with the Scala programming language. In May I wrote that I had started looking at it. I’ve been using it to make some support tools that I needed for research work since. First a disclaimer: It’s been 4+ years since I did serious […]

Posted 14 August 2009 † johan § Software development ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Exploring Scala

I’ve started experimenting with the programming language Scala. I’ve been wanting to get back into functional programming for some time, but I’ve found it impractical for the time being to dive right into something like ML, Haskell or Scheme. Scala has gained notoriety since Twitter announced that they’ve rewritten their engine in it. Some of […]

Posted 08 May 2009 † johan § Software development ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: