The ScalaLab project aims to provide an efficient scientific programming environment for the Java Virtual Machine. The scripting language is based on the Scala programming language enhanced with high level scientific operators and with an integrated environment that provides a Matlab-like working style. Also, all the huge libraries of Java scientific code can be easily accessible. The main potential of the ScalaLab is speed and flexibility. The statically typed Scala language can provide speeds of scripting code similar to pure Java. Also, the environment can cooperate effectively with Java.
ScalaLab provides the ScalaSci scripting engine, based on the new Scala programming language, that obtains scripting speed by resolving method calls at compile time ("statically typed").