Scala list concatenation, ::: vs ++

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Legacy. List was originally defined to be functional-languages-looking:

1 :: 2 :: Nil // a list
list1 ::: list2  // concatenation of two lists

list match {
  case head :: tail => "non-empty"
  case Nil          => "empty"
}

Of course, Scala evolved other collections, in an ad-hoc manner. When 2.8 came out, the collections were redesigned for maximum code reuse and consistent API, so that you can use ++ to concatenate any two collections — and even iterators. List, however, got to keep its original operators, aside from one or two which got deprecated.

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