Martin Odersky discusses the current state and future direction of the Scala programming language, focusing on Scala 3 and its capabilities. He highlights new features like named tuples and improvements to givens, as well as the unfreezing of the standard library and the upcoming 3.9 LTS version. Odersky also covers the Scala Center's new advisory board members and open-source grant, before diving into the concept of capabilities for managing side effects and improving code safety. He explains how capabilities can address the conflict between convenience and safety in functional programming, drawing parallels with Rust's borrow checker. The discussion touches on error handling, asynchronous programming, and the challenges of effect polymorphism, before concluding with a Q&A session about the practical implications and future development of Scala's capabilities.
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