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Scala en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskɑlɑ/

Etymology

* As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.

Meanings

  1. A surname from Italian.

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Scala en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskɑːlə/

Etymology

Blend of scalable + language.

Meanings

  1. A statically-typed multi-paradigm programming language designed to run on the JVM.
    • Scala started life in 2001 as a research project at EPFL in Switzerland. It was released publicly in 2004 after an internal release in 2003. 2017, Toby Weston, Scala for Java Developers: A Practical Primer, Apress, →ISBN, page 5: