Why Scala seems difficult but really isn’t

Re:Why Scala seems difficult but really isn’t by Meai on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @09:45AM (#2683045)

I think this is just a case of different viewpoints. The author clearly states himself in the last paragraph that learning Scala in under 3 weeks should not be expected. Personally, I consider any language that I can't learn to a reasonable level in 2 days difficult.

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Re:Why Scala seems difficult but really isn’t by nuriaion on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @09:58AM (#2683103)

Any language which uses concepts which you haven't used before (Like Functional Programming or in the other direction OOP etc.) will need more than 2 days. You will need the time to learn the new concepts and not the language. So the language per se isn't difficult but the new concepts...

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Re:Why Scala seems difficult but really isn’t by Ubersoldat on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @11:53AM (#2683680)

I've been an OO programmer for a long time and I really, really like the way functional programming works. It takes some time to re-think your previous assumptions, but even when in pure Java, a more functional approach provides a much better code. And, maybe it's because I've used another languages that I find Scala pretty straight forward.

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Re:Why Scala seems difficult but really isn’t by devinfoley on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @10:40AM (#2683313)

He actually states becoming an expert in Scala in 3 weeks should not be expected, not learning Scala.

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