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Scala Days 2012: on Scala and Ruby - Differences and Similarities
Scala and Ruby - Differences and Similarities
Kota Mizushima talks about differences and similarities between Scala and Ruby.

On the surface, it seems that Scala , which is a powerful statically-typed language, differ considerably from Ruby, which is a famous dynamically-typed language. Of course, there exist many many differences between two languages. However, according to my observations, there exist many similarities between them, too. For example, both Ruby and Scala provides higher-order "methods" mainly, not "functions" in contrast to many functional programming languages.

Throughout the comparisons (including practical perspective), I would like to clear up the goodness of Scala and the issues learnable from Ruby.

PODCAST SCALA AND RUBY - DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

This session took part at the Scala Days 2012. You can view the other 78 podcasts here.

SCALA DAYS 2012 PHOTOS
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SCALA & F# COURSES
Ashic Mahtab's Fasttrack to Git, ASHIC MAHTAB'S FASTTRACK TO GIT
David Pollak's Fast Track to Lift, DAVID POLLAK'S FAST TRACK TO LIFT
Fast track to Clojure , FAST TRACK TO CLOJURE
Fast Track to F# with Tomas Petricek & Phil Trelford, FAST TRACK TO F# WITH TOMAS PETRICEK & PHIL TRELFO
Masterclass: Reducing Technical Debt with Michael C. Feathers, REDUCING TECHNICAL DEBT WITH MICHAEL C. FEATHERS
Russel Winder's Python Workshop, RUSSEL WINDER'S PYTHON WORKSHOP
Typesafe's Advanced Scala, TYPESAFE'S ADVANCED SCALA
Typesafe's Fast Track to Play with Scala, TYPESAFE'S FAST TRACK TO PLAY WITH SCALA
Typesafe's Fast Track to Scala, TYPESAFE'S FAST TRACK TO SCALA
Typesafe's Scaling up with Akka and Scala, TYPESAFE'S SCALING UP WITH AKKA & SCALA
Well-Typed's Advanced Haskell, WELL-TYPED'S ADVANCED HASKELL
Well-Typed's Fast Track to Haskell, WELL-TYPED'S FAST TRACK TO HASKELL
Writing Concurrent Code with Lock-Free Algorithms with Martin Thompson, WRITING CONCURRENT CODE WITH LOCK-FREE ALGORITHMS
SCALA & F# PODCASTS
Tomas Petricek:F# Type Providers Hands On, F# Type Providers Hands On
Tomas Petricek : 23rd May 2013		 Podcast Coming Soon: F# Type Providers Hands On,
:Be a better developer, Be a better developer
: 21st May 2013		 View Podcast: Be a better developer,
:Developing Python with PyDev, Developing Python with PyDev
: 21st May 2013		 View Podcast: Developing Python with PyDev,
Yodit Stanton:Machine Learning with Storm + Redis, Machine Learning with Storm + Redis
Yodit Stanton : 7th May 2013		 View Podcast: Machine Learning with Storm + Redis,
Bruce Durling:Cascalog for the 80% of Data Science, Cascalog for the 80% of Data Science
Bruce Durling : 7th May 2013		 View Podcast: Cascalog for the 80% of Data Science,
Adam Mlocek:F# embedded in Excel, F# embedded in Excel
Adam Mlocek : 25th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: F# embedded in Excel,
Adam Mlocek:F# embedded in Excel part 2, F# embedded in Excel part 2
Adam Mlocek : 25th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: F# embedded in Excel part 2,
Paul Brian:Pitfalls Of Using Frameworks, Pitfalls Of Using Frameworks
Paul Brian : 18th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: Pitfalls Of Using Frameworks,
Emil Vaughan:Adventures with Cython, Adventures with Cython
Emil Vaughan : 18th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: Adventures with Cython,
Kris Saxton:My experience of using server management framework, Salt, Using server management framework, Salt
Kris Saxton : 18th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: My experience of using server management framework, Salt,
Phil Trelford:Try F# Hands On, Try F# Hands On
Phil Trelford : 11th Apr 2013		 Podcast Coming Soon: Try F# Hands On,
Jon Pretty:Rapture I/O, Rapture I/O
Jon Pretty : 10th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: Rapture I/O,
Andres Löh:Datatype-Generic Programming in Haskell, Datatype-Generic Programming in Haskell
Andres Löh : 9th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: Datatype-Generic Programming in Haskell,
Aslak Hellesøy:Keynote: The Cucumber Ecosystem, Keynote: The Cucumber Ecosystem
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Matt Wynne:Why your step definitions should be one-liners and other pro tips, Why your step definitions should be one-
Matt Wynne : 4th Apr 2013		 View Podcast: Why your step definitions should be one-liners and other pro tips,
OTHER SCALA & F# EVENTS
F#unctional Londoners Meetup Group:F# on iPad and iPhone with Xamarin Studio, F#unctional Londoners Meetup Group
FREE EVENT: F# on iPad and iPhone with Xam
London, Thursday, May 30th
Jon Pither Functional Programming in the enterprise, Functional Programming in the enterprise
FREE EVENT: In The Brain of Jon Pither
London, Monday, June 3rd
The London Clojure Community:Deuce is (not yet) Emacs under Clojure, The London Clojure Community
FREE EVENT: Deuce is (not yet) Emacs under
London, Tuesday, June 4th
Philipp Haller:Typesafe's Scaling up with Akka and Scala, Typesafe's Scaling up with Akka & Scala
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Philipp Haller
London, Wednesday, June 5th
Martin Thompson:Writing Concurrent Code with Lock-Free Algorithms with Martin Thompson, Writing Concurrent Code with Lock-Free Algorithms
3 DAY COURSE. Featuring Martin Thompson
London, Wednesday, June 5th
Philipp Haller Simplifying Asynchronous Code with Scala Async, Simplifying Asynchronous Code with Scala Async
FREE EVENT: In The Brain of Philipp Haller
London, Wednesday, June 5th
Scala Days NYC - June 10-12th, Scala Days NYC - June 10-12th
CONFERENCE (3 DAYS)
New York, Monday, June 10th BOOK NOW!
F#unctional Londoners Meetup Group:Machine Learning Hands On with F#, F#unctional Londoners Meetup Group
FREE EVENT: Machine Learning Hands On with
London, Thursday, June 13th
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