> This isn't the first time Odersky has advanced Java either - he worked on Pizza, which showed how to add Generics to Java. Scala demonstrates how to add funct

> This isn't the first time Odersky has advanced Java either - he worked on Pizza, which showed how to add Generics to Java. Scala demonstrates how to add functional features to Java. Generics were a huge advance, and I think lambdas will be as consequential. Don't assume because Pizza's purpose was to get generics into Java then Scala's purpose is to get lambdas into Java. Scala's purpose could've been to lead Java developers onto Haskell by providing a stepping stone at the halfway point. And of course purposes can change: Scala's aim may now be just to make as much money as possible for Typesafe's owners. It wouldn't be the first programming language to have been repurposed in that direction.