Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 11:04 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language running on top of a Java VM or .NET runtime. Recently version 1.4.0.3 has been released.
Scala smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages.
In Scala, every value is an object and the language supports OOP for instance via subclassing , traits, and mixins.
Scala is also a functional language in the sense that every function is a value. The language supports anonymous, higher-order and nested functions as well as currying.
There is also integrated support for pattern matching, parametric polymorphism, etc.
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But would Scala do type inferencing in the VeryMuchRemovedFromAbove class? From what I've read so far, it seems it would only do local type inferencing. So the inference would be done for the variable 'a' in the example, since the knowledge of the type is available in the same class, but not for 'b' which is assigned from a function in another class.