Scala and .NET work well? some experience? status

Question

There are many topics about "Should we use scala + .net?", "What are the benefits of using scala in .Net?" and so on. But these questions are old (08.09.10).

I know that scala is not a very old language, and .net support is new, not 100% support. But where is scala today with .net? Is it a good idea to make a windows.net application using scala? Where are the problems with scala and .net today? I mean, the regular scala application runs on .net very well. But what about a large / complex project? Threading etc. Is anyone who worked a lot with scala and .net and could give one opinion?

thanks

Answer 1

I have no experience with .NET and Scala, but there is a ScalaDays 2011 video session about this. If you're interested in checking out Scala.NET: what can you do with it today

Answer 2

The binaries and sources for the Scala.NET preview version (library and compiler) can be obtained via SVN:

svn co http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/svn-repos/scala/scala-experimental/trunk/bootstrap 

Bootstrapping was an important step, and ongoing work will add support for missing features (common CLR tools, etc.). This work is ongoing.

While we are testing only Scala.NET only for Microsoft, we would like our compiler to be useful for the maximum possible number of profiles and implementation implementations.

Survival Report Using Scala.NET on XNA at http://www.srtsolutions.com/tag/scala

Miguel Garcia http://lamp.epfl.ch/~magarcia/ScalaNET/

Answer 3

I suspect the problem with the .net version of Scala is that this is not what most people use.

If you have a dependency on one .net component for your needs, I personally recommend using JNA or another system to go through.

Alternatively, if you need a .Net component and you want to create it in Scala, potentially http://xmlvm.org/ would be better for your needs.