Scala basics

A speech I gave when I was in Spritle

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1. Scala Karthik.ak@spritle.com
4. message.broadcast()
6. Twitter Operation • Get message from one • Send to many (millions) – We can't serialize million ops (takes time) – Memory footprint of Ruby – Server costs
7. The Practical Side • Cost of human Vs Cost of Server
8. Scala • Reduced Memory • Thread safe • Better than Java • Targets JVM • Chips optimized for Java! – http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Java_processor
9. Java in Kaveri • http://www.pcworld.co m/article/2047422/hsa -targets-native-paral lel-execution-in-java -virtual-machines-by- 2015.html • http://www.pcworld.co m/article/2084641/amd s-kaveri-chips-bring- computing-graphics-cl oser-in-function-and- name.html
10. Where to learn from • Don't use books – Unless you know Java well – And still want to get confused • http://www.tutorialspoint.com/scala/ • http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current
11. Demo