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# Header texts
headerTitle: "The Scala Programming Language"
headerSubtitle: "Scala is a concise high-level programming language. Scala's compiler helps you avoid bugs when writing complex applications, and its fast runtime lets you build efficient, high-performance systems, with easy access to a huge ecosystem of libraries."
headerSubtitle: "Scala combines object-orientation with functional programming into one concise, high-level language. Scala's type system helps avoid bugs in complex applications, and its JVM target lets you build high-performance systems with easy access to a huge ecosystem of libraries."
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I think it sounds better to start with "Scala is ..." and state some of the main goals of the language, something like:

"Scala is a concise, statically typed, high-level programming language supporting object-oriented and functional styles."

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"[...] and it runs on the JVM, yielding high performance and easy access to a huge ecosystem of libraries."

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For "JVM target": the page below talks about "backends", so "JVM backend" might be more consistent. But both "target" and "backend" are compiler jargon. "JVM support" seems like a good compromise, since it encompasses both compiler and runtime.

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can we change high-level for general-purpose language? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_programming_language

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High level and general purpose are different things. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language
I think high level is more descriptive.

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I vote for "JVM runtime" instead of "JVM target".

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How about Java runtime?

headerButtonTitle: "Learn More"
headerButtonUrl: "/what-is-scala/"

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