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Scala is not only means [A Ladder; Stairs], But also A Rock, in Slavic languages... And Marin (the creator of Scala) has polish last name, and most probably is polish..

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I don't know what slavic languages you have in mind, but in Polish, Scala does NOT mean a rock, it means "combines"

in slovak and czech language, scala is pronounced the same as 'skala', that means rock.

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