Scala

huygens-fokker.org

84 points

onestay42

2 days ago


18 comments

packetlost 2 days ago

Not that Scala.

  • beefman 2 days ago

    This predates that. It's written in Ada.

    • AdieuToLogic 2 days ago

      > This predates that. It's written in Ada.

      Does it count if, combining the two, one could infer a musical scale[0] such as:

        Ada (ay-dah), Scala (ska-lah)
      
      Bonus points for Latin aficionados:

        The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala,
        which literally means "ladder".
      
      :-)

      0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)

      • reactordev a day ago
        2 more

        Every Good Boy…

        Crazy how these two disciplines are so intertwined.

        • AdieuToLogic 20 hours ago

          > Every Good Boy…

            Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do ... compile please!
          
          :-D

          EDIT:

          Seriously, though, what both music and fundamentally sound programming languages have in common is math. Elegantly defined versions of both are beautiful expressions of thought.

    • packetlost 2 days ago

      Yes, but the programming languages is much more well known.

      Regardless, cool! This is the first project I'm aware of to have been written in Ada

      • goku12 a day ago
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        Do you have any specific restrictions on what a 'project' means here? I have seen Ada used on an extensive scale in aerospace and defense projects, including a simple realtime OS.

        • packetlost a day ago
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          Most of those projects are pretty locked down/closed, I just mean I can actually see the project to a reasonable degree.

          • goku12 17 hours ago

            Fair enough. And yes, it's such a shame that there aren't more public, especially FOSS, projects in Ada.

  • kvakvs 2 days ago

    This should have been in the title :)

anematode 2 days ago

Love Scala! One of my favorite high school memories is putting Scala files into a DAW and hooking it up to an electric piano, so that my piano teacher and I could play around with different tunings.

tanin 2 days ago

Took me a few minutes to go from "what is going on?" to "oh this is not the Scala".

paulddraper 2 days ago

Should change title to “Scala: software for creating scales”

LargoLasskhyfv 2 days ago

It's from the future! Says 27 Nov 2026 at the bottom :-)

That aside, the fonts looked very fuzzy, until I scaled to 133% in FF. Then they were perfect, crystal clear. Anybody else had that, too?