That being said, many developers see Scala as a language to help them transition from object-oriented to functional programming. This may make it easier for them to go fully functional in the ...

Functional programming has a core appeal for some developers, says Scala founder Martin Odersky: “The programmers in that segment like functional programming because it makes code clearer ...

With functional programming, there are no global variables. Everything is a function. So the output is always the same. In other words: function (x) return x * 2 Functional programs are written like ...

One more than one occasion, I’ve found myself yearning for a more functional paradigm that facilitates easier concurrency programming on the JVM. And while Erlang is an excellent platform for ...

Scala is an easy transition for those familiar with Java and object-oriented programming. But if you want to learn the basics of functional programming, Scheme is hands-down the best.

Ward said, "With the functional evolution of OO, we're seeing new ways of constructing objects," then showed how case classes are used in Scala, allowing default parameters and named parameters.

As the Scala functional programming language goes from version 2.7.4 to 2.8, the Lift Framework will update to version 2.0 to bring developers many of Scala’s benefits, including a development ...

A number of languages, especially functional programming languages, are waiting in the wings to be the next great C# or Java replacement— or at least an alternative. One of these is called Scala.