Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Scala is a general programming language and it runs on JVM. It's a static typed language with many features that make code concise and flexible.
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Want to see how a file poller in Scala looks like? Check out…Continue
Started by Zemian Deng Mar 7, 2009.
Perhaps I should have post this as my first message to the group, but I will add it anyway for completeness. Or in case someone wants to try Scala out and at least you can grap this template to start…Continue
Started by Zemian Deng Mar 3, 2009.
One feature of Scala is it reuse Java's Exception class hierarchies, but much easier to use. For one thing, it treats Exception as "unchecked" just like RuntimeException, which I think one of the…Continue
Started by Zemian Deng Mar 3, 2009.
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Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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