Ruby is a language of least surprises but I am not sure whether I can say that for Scala yet. I have already encountered some of them, here is one example
You can define method without '()'
def height: Int = 0 //This is a valid method
def width(): Int = 0 //This is valid too
Now you can invoke 'width' method with and without parenthesis but you cannot do that for height method.
SURPRISED
Update: The Scala convention is, use '()' for parameter less method if it has side effects otherwise don't
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