A comparison with some of Julia's features:
(1) Multiple dispatch: providing ability to define function behavior across many combinations of argument types
Scala has the Cake Pattern
(2) Built-in package manager
SBT, anyone?
(3) Automatic generation of efficient, specialized code for different argument types
Dotty's Linker is on the horizon, https://d-d.me/talks/scaladays2015/#/
A comparison with some of Julia's features:
(1) Multiple dispatch: providing ability to define function behavior across many combinations of argument types
Scala has the Cake Pattern
(2) Built-in package manager
SBT, anyone?
(3) Automatic generation of efficient, specialized code for different argument types
Dotty's Linker is on the horizon, https://d-d.me/talks/scaladays2015/#/