oxbow_lakes

London, United Kingdom

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Age: 38

Currently programming in scala at GSA Capital, a triple-award-winning hedge-fund based in London, specializing in quantitative and high-frequency algorithmic trading.

Experience:

3+ years Scala
13+ years Java experience (all in the financial sector)
15+ years Software development (Aiieee!)

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Scala 2.8 breakout

scala scala-2.8 scala-collections asked Nov 11 '09 at 14:53

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73 votes

Scala 2.8 collections design tutorial

scala tutorials scala-2.8 scala-collections asked Nov 12 '09 at 13:21

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60 votes

Why should I care that Java doesn't have reified generics?

java generics reification asked Dec 18 '09 at 11:54

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52 votes

What is meant by Scala's path-dependent types?

scala type-systems path-dependent-type asked Apr 22 '10 at 17:32

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42 votes

Scala covariance / contravariance question

generics scala covariance contravariance asked Mar 19 '09 at 17:46

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41 votes

Converting a Java collection into a Scala collection

java scala scala-collections scala-2.7 asked Mar 23 '09 at 18:46

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41 votes

Function syntax puzzler in scalaz

scala functional-programming scala-2.8 scalaz asked Mar 30 '10 at 12:51

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39 votes

What is scala's experimental virtual pattern matcher?

scala pattern-matching scala-2.10 asked Dec 16 '11 at 11:59

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35 votes

Why is Scala's immutable Set not covariant in its type?

scala sets covariance scala-collections asked Mar 24 '09 at 9:11

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31 votes

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