import collection._ object Test extends App { def compare(s1: String, s2: String) { assert(s1 == s2, s1 + "\nvs.\n" + s2) } compare(List(1, 2, 3, 4).aggregate(new java.lang.StringBuffer)(_ append _, _ append _).toString, "1234") compare(List(1, 2, 3, 4).par.aggregate(new java.lang.StringBuffer)(_ append _, _ append _).toString, "1234") compare(Seq(0 until 100: _*).aggregate(new java.lang.StringBuffer)(_ append _, _ append _).toString, (0 until 100).mkString) compare(Seq(0 until 100: _*).par.aggregate(new java.lang.StringBuffer)(_ append _, _ append _).toString, (0 until 100).mkString) }