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  • noun A statically typed functional programming language.

Etymologies

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From Latin scāla ("ladder")

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  • It may be that the country that gave us rococo pastry and the gilded interior of La Scala is especially prone to fancy titles.

    Feeling Entitled? 2005

  • It may be that the country that gave us rococo pastry and the gilded interior of La Scala is especially prone to fancy titles.

    Feeling Entitled? 2005

  • Christ; they ascribe more to her milk than to his blood; they call her Scala

    The Lord's Prayer 1692

  • WYNKYN DE WORDE, The volume of Waltere Hylton namyd in Latin Scala

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • First, I created a package called scala under lex, created a Scala file called ScalaLexer.scala, and started pulling in anything that looked Scala specific.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Jack Cough 2009

  • First, I created a package called scala under lex, created a Scala file called ScalaLexer.scala, and started pulling in anything that looked Scala specific.

    Refactoring in Scala Jack Cough 2009

  • Each planet is defined as a Scala "object" which is really nothing more than a singleton, which is what enum values are in Java.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Jack Cough 2008

  • Each planet is defined as a Scala "object" which is really nothing more than a singleton, which is what enum values are in Java.

    Scala and Enums Jack Cough 2008

  • The NJ Attorney General has chimed in and said … wait for it … that Ms. Scala is entirely in the right and that Mr. Daniel is probably guilty of harassment and discrimination under NJ law as well for expressing his opinions.

    Coyote Blog » 2005 » July 2005

  • The NJ Attorney General has chimed in and said … wait for it … that Ms. Scala is entirely in the right and that Mr. Daniel is probably guilty of harassment and discrimination under NJ law as well for expressing his opinions.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Awsome Defense of Free Speech 2005

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