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## Who's behind Scala?
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Scala was created by
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[Prof. Martin Odersky](https://lampwww.epfl.ch/~odersky/).
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The Scala language and associated websites are cooperative projects of
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the [Scala Center](https://scala.epfl.ch) at [EPFL](https://epfl.ch),
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[Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com), and the Scala community
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more broadly, with participation from many companies, organizations,
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and individuals.
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the Scala 3 team in Martin's research group (also at EPFL),
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the Scala teams at [Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com) and
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[VirtusLab](https://virtuslab.com), and the Scala community more
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broadly, with participation from many companies, organizations, and
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individuals.
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The Scala team at Lightbend concentrates on advancing the language,
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compiler, and standard library. The Scala Center focuses on education
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(especially online courses), documentation, open source community
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outreach, and tooling. Community participation in all of these
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efforts is strongly encouraged.
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Scala 2 maintenance is primarily handled by the Lightbend team.
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They also participate in Scala 3 development.
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Scala was created by
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[Prof. Martin Odersky](https://lampwww.epfl.ch/~odersky/). Martin and
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his research group at EPFL remain heavily involved with the language,
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including developing [Dotty](https://dotty.epfl.ch), a
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next-generation compiler for Scala.
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VirtusLab focuses on infrastructure and tooling for Scala 3.
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The Scala Center focuses on education (especially online courses),
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documentation, open source community outreach, and tooling. Community
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participation in all of these efforts is strongly encouraged.
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## Forums / Mailing Lists
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