Interesting site.If scala compiles into java bytecode, then all advantages of java are available. Note that swing interfaces are not inaccessible. You juste have to install the java access bridge and then most of swing API become accessible. There are few problems with the advanced controls, but the standard ones go well. And about turning a java program into windows executable, there is launch4j. This program wrap a jar file into an exe.
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