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		sestep on March 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Context: The Missing Feature of Programming Langua... Ah cool, I didn't realize Scala has them too!

naasking on March 25, 2024 [–]

I believe the Scala creators invented implicits, as an alternative to type classes that fit more naturally with an OOP language. They were later shown to be equivalent to type classes.

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