sam

// Symbols converted to Strings in Scala retain their literal notation
// with the leading apostraphe, so we have to drop dat to get the same
// output as Ruby.
Seq('bradley, 'ryan, 'sam, 'scott).map(_.toString.drop(1).toUpperCase)

// Here's a for-comprehension, which doesn't look as nice in the trivial
// example, but if you're going to nest maps/filters/etc, can be much
// more readable in the complex/compound operations:
for(name <- Seq('bradley, 'ryan, 'sam, 'scott)) yield name.toString.drop(1).toUpperCase

sam

start = Time.now
100.times do
  letter_list = []
  alphabet = ('a'..'z').to_a
  100_000.times{ letter_list << alphabet[rand(26)] }
  pick = letter_list.uniq[rand(26)]
  before, after = letter_list.partition{|n| n > pick}
end
p (Time.now - start) * 1000

sam

case class Foo(a: String, b: Int)

object Foo {
  def apply(a: String, b: String) = new Foo(a, b.toInt)
}


val format = jsonFormat2[Foo](new {
  def apply(a: String, b: Int): Foo = Foo(a, b)
  def unapply(f: Foo) = Foo.unapply(f)