Martin Odersky on the Future of Scala, Learning, Teaching and the Quest for the Perfect Language

Rock the JVM

A long-form conversation with Martin Odersky about everything Scala: the evolution of the language, the future, learning, teaching, good library and code design, and more. Timeline: 0:00 Intro 1:36 Teaching kids to code 5:30 Students, recursion and becoming better programmers 13:32 Students at EPFL