Scala books being published at quite a rate

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by rabbitfang • 14 years ago

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swah• 14 years ago

Working on a Scala book is probably be easier than improving the compiler, ecosystem, etc.

I tried really hard to like Scala. I bought a few Scala books about the same time I also started buying Clojure books and put effort into learning both languages. For me, Clojure became a nice addition to using Java, Ruby, and Common Lisp. Scala didn't.

I hope that I don't sound lazy, but: Clojure was simply a lot less effort to get productive with.

watmough• 14 years ago

Clojure brings a REPL, which is a huge bonus to productivity with the JVM ecosystem.

It also brings a simple syntax (verb stuff more stuff), and some easy ways to extend and interact with libraries such as SWING.

thebluesky2• 14 years ago

Scala also provides a REPL

thebluesky2• 14 years ago

I found Scala to be much more similar to Java than Clojure. I guess it's a question of background. I haven't used LISP, so Clojure looks like Greek to me. Scala was much more natural for me to learn.

Scala books being published at quite a rate

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