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EasyB

This just in from Luis Espinal of MJUG: http://www.easyb.org/ The EasyB syntax for writing stories and specifications is a lot more succ…

Started by Michael Levin

0 Jul 27, 2011

A file poller implementation in Scala

Want to see how a file poller in Scala looks like? Check out http://www.jroller.com/thebugslayer/entry/a_simple_filepoller_in_scala

Started by Zemian Deng

0 Mar 7, 2009

Hello world

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 tr…

Started by Zemian Deng

0 Mar 3, 2009

Simplifying Java Exception with Scala

One feature of Scala is it reuse Java's Exception class hierarchies, but much easier to use. For one thing, it treats Exception as "uncheck…

Started by Zemian Deng

0 Mar 3, 2009

Getting started with Scala Group

Hi there, I started the Scala group today. If you are interested in this programming language and like to learn, share or discuss any topi…

Started by Zemian Deng

0 Feb 28, 2009

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