Lightning Talk: N Features that Scala Should Steal From Other Languages
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If you want Scala to evolve in a healthy manner, you should keep an eye on the state of the art in other modern languages. Let's re-use their good ideas and avoid reinventing wheels. In this talk Chris will share with you some interesting features and ideas he's found in other languages, including Haskell, ML, Idris and Rust.
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Lightning Talk: N Features that Scala Should Steal From Other Languages
Chris Birchall
Chris is a principal software developer at OVO Energy, where he looks after authentication and personal data as a member of the Identity team. He is the author of the ScalaCache library. He has been using Scala for work and play since 2010.
Please log in to watch this conference skillscast.
If you want Scala to evolve in a healthy manner, you should keep an eye on the state of the art in other modern languages. Let's re-use their good ideas and avoid reinventing wheels. In this talk Chris will share with you some interesting features and ideas he's found in other languages, including Haskell, ML, Idris and Rust.
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- Real-time Systems with Spark Streaming and Kafka (in London on 30th September - 1st October 2019)
- Lightbend Akka for Scala - Professional (in London on 11th - 12th November 2019)
- Haskell eXchange 2019 (in London on 10th - 11th October 2019)
- Scala eXchange London 2019 (in London on 12th - 13th December 2019)
- How Open Source is Funded & Privacy Engineering for the World of Kafka (in London on 24th September 2019)
- Keynote by Zainab Ali on Abstract Data Types In The Region Of Abysmal Pain, And How To Navigate Them (in London on 30th September 2019)
- Automating Deployment Pipelines with Machine Learning (SkillsCast recorded in September 2019)
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Thanks to our sponsors
Lightning Talk: N Features that Scala Should Steal From Other Languages
Chris Birchall
Chris is a principal software developer at OVO Energy, where he looks after authentication and personal data as a member of the Identity team. He is the author of the ScalaCache library. He has been using Scala for work and play since 2010.