Scala: The Scalable Language for the Modern JVM , short for "Scalable Language," is a high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed to grow with the needs of its users. Created by Martin Odersky at EPFL in 2001, Scala was built to address the limitations of Java while maintaining full interoperability with the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) .
You don't always have to explicitly declare types. The compiler can often infer them from the context: Scala: The Scalable Language for the Modern JVM
Scala’s primary innovation is the seamless fusion of two traditionally distinct programming paradigms: short for "Scalable Language