Scala Collections: Why Not?

Why it was recommended

Paul Phillips came up with a pretty neat collections API [1, 2]

Referenceharveywi · Original2016-08

What it covers

Paul Phillips, a Typesafe co-founder and prolific Scala committer, explains why he walked away from Scala. He critiques the Scala collections library and presents his own. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

InfoQ

Length

45 min 42 sec

Year

2014

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