SF Scala: Martin Odersky, Scala -- the Simple Parts

[@zanfranceschi]

what a talk. he's so concise and uses such a simple vocabulary that one may find scala is actually easy!

[@smuralimohan1]

What an insightful talk! Wish I could click the 'like' button 10 times.

[@kagan770]

I love Martin's suggestion not to pack to many statements together but instead create a few simple statements instead!

Roman Kagan expressions, not statement ;-)

[@SHEKINAHVOICING]

This is a very good talk on scala. I consider it great for me as i am just about to start programming in scala. My request to all is, is there a way to get the ppt of this presentation. I will really like to have it.

[@rajuGT]

Here you go www.slideshare.net/Odersky/scala-the-simple-parts

[@SHEKINAHVOICING]

Thank you

[@binqu8396]

Where can I find the slides for the talk?

[@arputhalazeranthonysamy9021]

www.slideshare.net/Odersky/scala-the-simple-parts

[@sreepaljsp]

This session by Martin odersky?

[@Leonarda-lee]

scala es bonito/scala is beautiful

[@saikrishnapujari]

Been using Scala for 3 years .. still scope to learn

[@AKRAM9059]

that's clear! def simple=simple

[@mounirbenhalla9968]

why there is no subtitle to frenche language to helping people be more learning scala concepte

[@cygil1]

Il faut que l'on faire la traduction :) Est-ce que vous est voluntaire?

[@nyahhbinghi]

Mounir Benhalla this talk is in English :)

[@DisfigurmentOfUs]

Very nice talk

[@CharlieMojoX]

!=simple

[@teckyify]

I don't get it, he says Scala is simple but then starts to enumerate this giant result set of feature interaction.

[@nyahhbinghi]

MisterSam simple != easy :)

[@ChrisHoweJones]

simple != easy but simple should = less interweaving of different concepts and I am not sure it's that?

[@sobanya_228]

Chris Howe-Jones, The language is supposed to be very powerful. And it does it with a minimal amount of most general and basic features, that can interact. Opposed to what other languages do with different feature for every new situation.

[@ElectronGuigui]

@@sobanya_228 This is exactly the strength of Scala, I think

I was doing fine up until that random word gabbler with the camera tripped my "not worth it" circuit breaker.

[@sobanya_228]

He skipped the most interesting slide, that talks about SML "for the interest of time"

[@nyahhbinghi]

Monkey-patching has to be one of the worst practices in programming. What you should do is inherit from the class and then add the method. Adding the method directly to the root class is just a horrible horrible practice that is bound to cause conflicts in any complex, interoperable or open source system

[@kirillkhvenkin6001]

Great talk, but i disagree that tail recursion is such a great thing. It is pretty unnatural in many situations such as when you iterate over a table.

[@albat6538]

Recursion prevents a programmer to introduce side effects. Therefore, iteration-less programs tend to be more clear and contain less bugs. In fact, it's not difficult to convert a complex program containing recursions to maths and prove its correctness and a finite execution time. It's not impossible for a complex iterative program, but way more difficult.

[@abhishekghosh2954]

Make life simple, learn Haskell. Start with C, move to Haskell. Or the other way round. Think of Obi-Wan and Yoda Batman and Superman Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Ok, maybe that last one stretched it too far.

[@alaindevos4027]

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