Scala: A new programming paradigm

Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. It smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages.

Following are the highlights of this new language:

• Object Oriented
• Functional
• Statically (strongly) typed
• Extensible
• Integration with .NET and Java Platforms
• Built-in excellent pattern matching for Strings as well as other types like XML.

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