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Scala was familiar enough by 2003 that I referred to it as a known utility (rather than a new thing) in a post to the mailing list for a different project in Ju
by cannam 7y ago
Scala was familiar enough by 2003 that I referred to it as a known utility (rather than a new thing) in a post to the mailing list for a different project in June that year. It's obviously a niche application, but I suppose within that niche it's probably still more familiar than the language, if not as familiar as the opera house.
From my perspective as a Linux user and developer, one problem with it was the non-commercial-only licence which, while obviously reasonable, prevented it from being packaged in many Linux distributions. If it wasn't for that, your "apt-get install scala" might well be installing this application rather than the programming language.
- walkingolof 7y agoThere are many things name `Scala`, for example, the productivity suite for the Amiga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_(company)
- flurdy 7y agoNot to forget the Milan opera house [1]. Or my favourite restaurant in Ibiza. [2][3] Though I did grow up with Scala the company on my tv as the local cable tv company was powered by it. Now I work most of the time using Scala the programming language. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala [2] http://la-scala.com http://la-scala.com [3] https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g664638-d1001540-Reviews-La_Scala-Ibiza_Town_Ibiza_Balearic_Islands.html https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g664638-d100...