This document discusses similarities and differences between Ruby and Scala. Some key points made include:
- Both languages support features like maps, filters, and reduce functions on collections, though the naming is sometimes different (e.g. Traversable#map in Scala vs. Enumerable#map in Ruby).
- Both support traits/modules for mixing in functionality like Ruby's modules and Scala's traits.
- Both support open classes through mechanisms like Ruby's open class and Scala's implicit conversions.
- Both support dynamic invocation through method_missing in Ruby and Scala's dynamic feature.
- Scala supports additional features like futures, Scala.js for compiling to JavaScript, and Scala