Here’s some source code that demonstrates a quiet, concise, and attractive new programming language I’d enjoy using:
As you might have guessed, that source code demonstrates the latest features from the Scala 3 (Dotty) programming language.
Correction: new Person can be written as just Person.
(I should probably mention that there’s nothing special about that “main” method; I was just trying to show a few new Dotty features.)
Compared to Scala 2
It might take a little while to get used to that code if you’re used to Scala 2, but when you compare it to similar Scala 2 code, it makes you realize how “noisy” Scala 2 is, even though it’s already a concise language:
Speaking for myself, this new proposed syntax makes me realize how “loud” and unnecessary all those curly braces are.
Scala 2 & 3, side-by-side
If you want to see the two languages side-by-side, click this image to see a larger version of it in a new window:
About the new Scala 3 (Dotty) features
For more information about the Scala 3 features shown above, see the EPFL Announcing Dotty 0.19.0-RC1 announcement (from September 23, 2019).
Also, to pitch in on the conversation about Scala 3 and Dotty, join the discussion at contributors.scala-lang.org.
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