Scala

https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/

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packetlostNov 30, 2025, 1:38 AM
Not that Scala.
beefmanNov 30, 2025, 3:01 AM
This predates that. It's written in Ada.
AdieuToLogicNov 30, 2025, 3:18 AM
> This predates that. It's written in Ada.

Does it count if, combining the two, one could infer a musical scale[0] such as:

  Ada (ay-dah), Scala (ska-lah)
Bonus points for Latin aficionados:

  The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala,
  which literally means "ladder".
:-)

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)

reactordevNov 30, 2025, 12:01 PM
Every Good Boy…

Crazy how these two disciplines are so intertwined.

AdieuToLogicDec 1, 2025, 1:39 AM
> Every Good Boy…

  Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do ... compile please!
:-D

EDIT:

Seriously, though, what both music and fundamentally sound programming languages have in common is math. Elegantly defined versions of both are beautiful expressions of thought.

packetlostNov 30, 2025, 4:21 AM
Yes, but the programming languages is much more well known.

Regardless, cool! This is the first project I'm aware of to have been written in Ada

goku12Nov 30, 2025, 2:22 PM
Do you have any specific restrictions on what a 'project' means here? I have seen Ada used on an extensive scale in aerospace and defense projects, including a simple realtime OS.
packetlostNov 30, 2025, 7:08 PM
Most of those projects are pretty locked down/closed, I just mean I can actually see the project to a reasonable degree.
goku12Dec 1, 2025, 4:33 AM
Fair enough. And yes, it's such a shame that there aren't more public, especially FOSS, projects in Ada.
lucyjojoDec 4, 2025, 3:30 PM
Been slowly learning Ada these last few weeks and I regret not having learnt it years ago...

This thing is great.

drcursorNov 30, 2025, 9:30 AM
And not the Amiga Scala.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_(company)

nicktNov 30, 2025, 5:09 AM
Then this one?

https://www.generationamiga.com/2020/05/10/scala-series-its-...

kvakvsNov 30, 2025, 2:12 AM
This should have been in the title :)
anematodeNov 30, 2025, 3:13 AM
Love Scala! One of my favorite high school memories is putting Scala files into a DAW and hooking it up to an electric piano, so that my piano teacher and I could play around with different tunings.
taninNov 30, 2025, 2:16 AM
Took me a few minutes to go from "what is going on?" to "oh this is not the Scala".
paulddraperNov 30, 2025, 3:40 AM
Should change title to “Scala: software for creating scales”
ofcrplsNov 30, 2025, 1:37 PM
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21278360 - Submission/dicussion from 2019
LargoLasskhyfvNov 30, 2025, 7:42 AM
It's from the future! Says 27 Nov 2026 at the bottom :-)

That aside, the fonts looked very fuzzy, until I scaled to 133% in FF. Then they were perfect, crystal clear. Anybody else had that, too?

ChrisArchitectNov 30, 2025, 4:02 AM
Not related:

The Origins of Scala (2009)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46090294