Scala Collections: Why Not?
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Why leaders watch it
Why a committer walked away from a technology community; shows how design and governance choices push contributors out.
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 design focused on immutability, performance and correctness.
Topics: Engineering & technical leadership, Decision making & mental models
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