About Scala
As requirements for computer programs get more complex, languages, too, must evolve. Every twenty years or so, the old paradigms become inadequate to handle the new demands for organizing and expressing ideas. New paradigms must emerge, but the process is not a simple one.
Each new programming paradigm ushers in a wave of programming languages, not just one. The initial language is often strikingly productive and wildly impractical. Think Smalltalk for objects or Lisp for functional languages. Then, languages from other paradigms build in features that allow people to absorb the new concepts while users can live safely within the old paradigm. Ada, for example, allowed some core object-oriented ideas such as encapsulation to exist ...
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