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Re:Scala at scale at Databricks by dikei on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:38AM (#29508118)
> In my previous company we used Scala + Spark and I hated it initially. I had no idea how syntax worked, no clue about functional programming or the ecosystem.

It's funny that if you tell Cat-purist that Spark is functional-style, they would laugh at your face :)

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Re:Scala at scale at Databricks by caoilte on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:17PM (#29514222)
That's an unhelpful thing to say. Most people agree that the Spark scala DSL is functional style. It's not as advanced in the style as other scala ecosystems but it has been a very good on ramp for people discovering functional style and is widely celebrated for that
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