Questions for Martin Odersky @ Saks

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#Questions for Martin Odersky @ Saks ##Grouped by areas

1. Future of JVM and Scala

   • Where do you see the future of JVM languages going? Scala, Java 8, Closure.
   • Can you speak about dotty and how older scala versions will be impacted?
   • Future evolution of the Scala Stack: should we expect more new features in the core of the language (e.g. Macros in * Scala 2.10) or more on the "enterprise" stack (e.g. Akka, Play, ...) ?
   • Java 8 lamba expressions: is Scala going to include that as part of its syntax or is it going to keep the same functional syntax leveraging the implementation on lambda expressions?

2. Functional Programming

   • It's been 35 years since John Backus's Turing award speech about FP. What are your thoughts about where FP is today?
   • What is the future of Scala? Functional programming?

3. General Scala

   • Biggest technical caveats/pitfalls to avoid when using Scala?
   • What is Scala not good for? Best for?"
   • Best practices for functional programming in Scala.
   • In what situations is Scala preferable to java as an implementation language and why.
   • Is javascript used as a model for Scala?

4. On the tech market

   • How are companies handling the transition of large legacy applications to Scala?
   • What are your thouhts/experience with Servive Oriented Architectures?
   • What general process do you use to design a new application?

5. Around typesafe

   • Performance improvements
     • Scala performances: where Scala can improve (compiler, runtime, ...) ?
     • Is there any timeline on typesafe's backlog to reduce the compilation time of scala code?
   • What are your thoughts on Play Framework?