{{language|
|strength=strong
|express=partially implicit
|checking=static
|gc=yes
|site=http://scala-lang.org
|tags=scala
|LCT=yes
|bnf=http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaReference.pdf}}
{{language programming paradigm|functional}}
{{language programming paradigm|object-oriented}}
{{language programming paradigm|generic}}Scala is a hybrid [[functional programming|Functional]]/[[object-oriented|OO]] language developed by Martin Odersky and his team at [http://lamp.epfl.ch/ LAMP]. Scala compiles to [[runs on vm::Java Virtual Machine|JVM]] [[bytecode]], and can interoperate with [[Java]] code.