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I added a paragraph to the chapter "History" that briefly explains what developments will the Scala language see in 2024. As a source, I provided a link to an article written by Scala maintainers (a company that develops Scala language) with their own plans for this year, specifying the work they are planning to do. |
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On 17 January 2011, the Scala team won a five-year research grant of over €2.3 million from the [[European Research Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scala-lang.org/node/8579|title=Scala Team Wins ERC Grant|access-date=4 July 2015}}</ref> On 12 May 2011, Odersky and collaborators launched Typesafe Inc. (later renamed [[Lightbend Inc.]]), a company to provide commercial support, training, and services for Scala. Typesafe received a $3 million investment in 2011 from [[Greylock Partners]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scala-lang.org/node/9484 |title=Commercial Support for Scala |date=2011-05-12 |access-date=2011-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@greylockvc/why-we-invested-in-typesafe-modern-applications-demand-modern-tools-b6f7deec8b89 |title=Why We Invested in Typesafe: Modern Applications Demand Modern Tools |date=2011-05-12 |access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20062090-62.html |title=Open-source Scala gains commercial backing |date=2011-05-12 |access-date=2011-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18048434 |title=Cloud computing pioneer Martin Odersky takes wraps off his new company Typesafe |date=2011-05-12 |access-date=2011-08-24}}</ref>
Scala maintainers will focus on delivering version 3.6 by the end of 2024. They are concentrating on improving a number of features, such as decreasing build times, achieving closer integration with tooling, enriching user experience (UX), improving reporting, and refining the compiler’s stability and accuracy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scala 3 Roadmap for 2024 |url=https://virtuslab.com/blog/technology/scala-3-roadmap-for-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=virtuslab |language=en}}</ref>
== Platforms and license ==
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