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diff --git a/spec/index.md b/spec/index.md index 3cadbdee83..22209b4262 100644 --- a/spec/index.md +++ b/spec/index.md @@ -1,14 +1,71 @@ --- title: Scala Language Reference -layout: default +layout: toc --- -<ul> +# The Scala Language Specification +# Version 2.11 + +### Martin Odersky, Philippe Altherr, Vincent Cremet, Gilles Dubochet, Burak Emir, Philipp Haller, Stéphane Micheloud, Nikolay Mihaylov, Adriaan Moors, Lukas Rytz, Michel Schinz, Erik Stenman, Matthias Zenger + +### Markdown Conversion by Iain McGinniss. + +## Table of Contents + +<ol> {% assign sorted_pages = site.pages | sort:"name" %} {% for post in sorted_pages %} - <li> - <a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a> - </li> + <!-- exclude this page from the toc, not sure how to check + whether there is no chapter variable in the page --> + {% if post.chapter >= 0 %} + <li> + <a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{ post.url }}"> {{ post.title }}</a> + </li> + {% endif %} {% endfor %} -</ul> +</ol> + + +## Preface + +Scala is a Java-like programming language which unifies +object-oriented and functional programming. It is a pure +object-oriented language in the sense that every value is an +object. Types and behavior of objects are described by +classes. Classes can be composed using mixin composition. Scala is +designed to work seamlessly with two less pure but mainstream +object-oriented languages – Java and C#. + +Scala is a functional language in the sense that every function is a +value. Nesting of function definitions and higher-order functions are +naturally supported. Scala also supports a general notion of pattern +matching which can model the algebraic types used in many functional +languages. + +Scala has been designed to interoperate seamlessly with Java. +Scala classes can call Java methods, create Java objects, inherit from Java +classes and implement Java interfaces. None of this requires interface +definitions or glue code. + +Scala has been developed from 2001 in the programming methods +laboratory at EPFL. Version 1.0 was released in November 2003. This +document describes the second version of the language, which was +released in March 2006. It acts a reference for the language +definition and some core library modules. It is not intended to teach +Scala or its concepts; for this there are [other documents](14-references.html). + +Scala has been a collective effort of many people. The design and the +implementation of version 1.0 was completed by Philippe Altherr, +Vincent Cremet, Gilles Dubochet, Burak Emir, Stéphane Micheloud, +Nikolay Mihaylov, Michel Schinz, Erik Stenman, Matthias Zenger, and +the author. Iulian Dragos, Gilles Dubochet, Philipp Haller, Sean +McDirmid, Lex Spoon, and Geoffrey Washburn joined in the effort to +develop the second version of the language and tools. Gilad Bracha, +Craig Chambers, Erik Ernst, Matthias Felleisen, Shriram Krishnamurti, +Gary Leavens, Sebastian Maneth, Erik Meijer, Klaus Ostermann, Didier +Rémy, Mads Torgersen, and Philip Wadler have shaped the design of +the language through lively and inspiring discussions and comments on +previous versions of this document. The contributors to the Scala +mailing list have also given very useful feedback that helped us +improve the language and its tools. |