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"One major American bank is pushing a JVM based language that supports functional programming (Scala) as a firm-wide technology. Another two major banks are usi
by scrumper 13y ago
"One major American bank is pushing a JVM based language that supports functional programming (Scala) as a firm-wide technology. Another two major banks are using Clojure for both real-time risk and pricing, and risk reporting."
Any ideas which banks?
- jamesdutc 13y ago"He then gives examples of companies like Morgan Stanley in London adopting Scala heavily. This type of adoption could be a great asset for Scala's adoption or it can be a touchstone of regret that people point to when deciding to use Scala. He fears that Morgan Stanley might have a hard time finding the right Scala developers for their projects, and Scala skills are rare. If, for example, unguided recruiters recruit nascent Scala developers, Scala projects' success could become difficult." http://www.infoq.com/articles/barriers-to-scala-adoption http://www.infoq.com/articles/barriers-to-scala-adoption
- scrumper 13y agoGood find, thanks. You've quoted a good part, too - it's something Scala is particularly prone to given how many ways there are of using it. One thing I've seen is a cautious adoption of Akka in distributed systems in capital markets (grid services for analysis computations being one example). First-class Scala support in Akka is encouraging those banks to take a look for specific projects.