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d_m's nescala talk proposal
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Fast, accurate, generic, compatible: tensions around Scala's number types
Working with numbers in Scala can be a bit awkward. The number types are affected by
(and motivate) some of the weirder parts of Scala language and library: AnyVal types,
Arrays, Manifests, specialization, and type classes like Numeric. On the one hand, we
want operations on numbers to be as fast as Java operations on primitives. On the
other hand, Scala is an opportunity to do better than Java, especially with regard to
ad-hoc polymorphism, precision and power. This talk explores the problems, tensions and
opportunities the community faces as we evolve language and surrounding libraries.
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