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Open Source in Finance eXchange: Alex McGuire on Scala, A better language for finance?!
Scala, A better language for finance?!
Alex has built systems in a wide range of languages - however for the past two years he has coded almost exclusively in Scala, a language that combines functional and OO features, runs on the JVM and interoperates seamlessly with Java. After describing some of the areas of Scala that are of particular interest in financial development, Alex talks about the reasons Scala improved his team's productivity, reduced the size of the codebase and eased maintainance. He makes the case that Scala should be a serious contender for any development where C++ or Java might have been considered.

ABOUT ALEX MCGUIRE
Alex McGuire is a mathematician who, with a startling lack of originality, ended up working in the city as a quant developer. He has been developing pricing and risk management systems for derivatives of varying complexity for the past twenty years,
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PODCAST SCALA, A BETTER LANGUAGE FOR FINANCE?!

This session took part at the Open Source in Finance eXchange. You can view the other 14 podcasts here.
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