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title: "Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code-9sjsecmgf
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/scala-creator-proposes-lean-scala-for-simpler-code/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2024-04-17T17:19:57.870Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["scala"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 6
comments: 0
language: en
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# Scala Creator Proposes ‘Lean Scala’ for Simpler Code

**[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Scala creator proposes 'Lean Scala' as a coding style that aims to make Scala code simple, understandable, concise, and expressive. Lean Scala focuses on Scala 3 constructs and syntax, promotes the core language over embedded Domain-specific Languages (DSLs), and follows the Principle of Least Power. Writing lean code can be likened to lean technical prose.

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