http://www.familie-kneissl.org Martin Kneißl on the programming language Scala. daily 1 2007-07-30T11:39:38Z http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/updating-functions In computer science often updates to bindings / environments are described by updating substitution functions at specific points. This blog post shows a way to express such updates in Scala. No publisher martin programming 2010-04-03T14:56:54Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/fast-forward-to-scala A quick introduction to Scala for Java programmers I have presented recently. No publisher martin 2009-06-30T15:26:23Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/a-scala-wrapper-for-apache-velocity Groovy has string interpolation in two forms: GStrings and Groovy Templates. Scala has -- nothing in that area, unless you count String concatenation or printf-like format strings. But the Java world has template engines, here is how to use one with additional comfort. No publisher martin 2009-03-12T12:51:12Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/scala-changes-the-java-world Javamagazin, the major German developer magazine for the Java platform, titles "Lift the curtain: Scala changes the Java world". No publisher martin 2009-03-05T12:13:32Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/reflection-from-scala-heaven-and-hell Bringing some dynamic pieces to the statically typed language. Watch your steps... No publisher martin 2009-01-28T23:41:52Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/family-polymorphism-in-scala How to keep types together for a set of associated types. No publisher martin 2009-01-20T21:03:37Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/limited-visibility When driving my car I do not like foggy weather with limited visibility. In programming languages it is the other way round: Too much detail visibility will hinder evolution of software systems. Unfortunately Java is rather weak in controlling visibility. Scala improves the situation a little bit. No publisher martin programming 2008-11-17T22:09:05Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/rational-numbers-in-scala I just finished another chapter in the Programming in Scala book: "Functional objects". C++ strikes back: The return of operator overloading... No publisher martin 2008-11-04T20:41:20Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/checking-a-string-for-upper-case-characters Trying three programming languages for the Java Platform at the same time shows interesting features of the different languages. Here solutions for checking a String for upper case characters in Java, Groovy, and Scala. No publisher martin programming 2008-11-03T23:31:48Z Blog Entry http://www.familie-kneissl.org/Members/martin/blog/a-new-programming-language-every-year After some abstinence I have started to learn programming languages again. And it's fun! At least one of the languages is even fun-ctional. No publisher martin 2008-11-03T23:28:38Z Blog Entry