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Why Scala is the best programming language
Welcome back! Recently, I’ve been talking about some of the highlights of each of the programming languages that i’m familiar with, the next language on this list is Scala, so let’s talk about why Scala maybe the best programming language to use. Now, I’m fully aware of the limitations that Scala has, but let’s just look at the positives in this article ☺️, with this long introduction out of the way, let’s get started!
Performance of Apache Spark
One of the biggest advantages of Scala is the ability of using Apache Spark, what is Apache Spark? It’s an engine for large scale data processing that many data scientists utilize. Apache Spark is actually built using Scala, making it a very important language for data processing. If you want to learn more about, check out the link below:
Typesafety
Scala is a statically typed language, this essentially means that the code is checked at compile time rather than run time, why is this important? It actually allows you to catch problems before hand and fix these issues…
