Scala
E71988
Scala is a high-level, statically typed programming language that unifies object-oriented and functional programming paradigms and runs on the Java Virtual Machine.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scala canonical | 56 |
| Scala programming language | 5 |
| Scala (programming language) | 1 |
| Scala API | 1 |
| Scala compiler | 1 |
| Scala language specification | 1 |
| Scala standard library | 1 |
| Scala type system | 1 |
| Snowpark for Scala | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Scala Context triple: [Java, influenced, Scala]
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A.
Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern, statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains that runs on the JVM and is widely used for building Android applications.
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B.
F#
F# is a functional-first, multi-paradigm programming language for the .NET platform, known for its strong type system and concise, expressive syntax.
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C.
Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
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D.
Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
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E.
Julia
Julia is a high-level, high-performance programming language designed for numerical computing, data science, and scientific research, combining the ease of dynamic languages with the speed of compiled languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Scala Target entity description: Scala is a high-level, statically typed programming language that unifies object-oriented and functional programming paradigms and runs on the Java Virtual Machine.
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A.
Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern, statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains that runs on the JVM and is widely used for building Android applications.
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B.
F#
F# is a functional-first, multi-paradigm programming language for the .NET platform, known for its strong type system and concise, expressive syntax.
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C.
Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
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D.
Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
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E.
Julia
Julia is a high-level, high-performance programming language designed for numerical computing, data science, and scientific research, combining the ease of dynamic languages with the speed of compiled languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
functional programming language
ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ statically typed programming language ⓘ |
| designedBy | Martin Odersky ⓘ |
| developer |
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
ⓘ
surface form:
EPFL
Scala Center ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
Akka
ⓘ
Apache Spark ⓘ Play Framework ⓘ SBT ⓘ ScalaTest ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .scala ⓘ |
| firstAppeared | 2004 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
algebraic data types
ⓘ
extension methods ⓘ for-comprehensions ⓘ implicit conversions ⓘ implicit parameters ⓘ lazy evaluation constructs ⓘ type classes ⓘ unified object and function types ⓘ |
| hasImplementation |
Dotty
ⓘ
Scala 2 compiler ⓘ Scala 3 compiler ⓘ |
| influenced |
F#
ⓘ
Kotlin ⓘ Swift ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eiffel
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Haskell ⓘ Java ⓘ OCaml ⓘ Pizza programming language ⓘ |
| interoperatesWith | Java ⓘ |
| latestMajorVersion | 3 ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| paradigm |
concurrent
ⓘ
functional ⓘ imperative ⓘ object-oriented ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET Framework
ⓘ
Java Platform, Standard Edition ⓘ
surface form:
Java Virtual Machine
|
| previousMajorVersion | 2 ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Java Virtual Machine Specification
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surface form:
Java Virtual Machine
|
| supports |
actors
ⓘ
case classes ⓘ concurrency ⓘ functional programming ⓘ generics ⓘ higher-order functions ⓘ immutable collections ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ pattern matching ⓘ traits ⓘ type inference ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | Java bytecode ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
static typing
ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ type inference ⓘ |
| usedFor |
backend development
ⓘ
big data processing ⓘ concurrent systems ⓘ data engineering ⓘ distributed computing ⓘ web applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Scala Description of subject: Scala is a high-level, statically typed programming language that unifies object-oriented and functional programming paradigms and runs on the Java Virtual Machine.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.