class scala[A] { def apply[B](f: (A) => B) = directly to forehead }

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nite time dinosaur posted:

There's 3 languages I use at work (primarily anyway): Java, JavaScript, and Scala. Scala is probably my favorite. The worst case scenario with Scala code, in my experience, coming from a more imperative Java background, is that I am essentially writing succinct Java programs with more immutable references, as typing "val foo" is much easier than typing "final Foo foo." The best case scenario is, a more functional style is adopted and code is easier to reason about and there is usually less chance of a weird bug and overall debugging time is less - assuming you or whoever else is proficient at reading the syntax and has some experience with and is anticipating referentially transparent (read: no side effects) methods. I will admit that the first time you see a nested map/for-comprehension with a pattern match wrapped in a Future, it's a little but eventually you get used to it and find that a lot of problems are much easier to solve when you think of them in terms of streams.

I started learning Scala via the Coursera FP w/ Scala course, last spring. It will kick your rear end if you haven't done much FP, but you will learn a lot of useful poo poo if you manage to complete it. Some of the assignments I must've spent 11 hours to ultimately write like 5 lines of code, a humbling experience. I came to see if there was a Scala thread here as I just started reading Functional Programming in Scala and doing the exercises as I'd like to internalize some of the stuff I encountered in the Coursera class but didn't really retain.

I was actually looking at that course (https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun) and I am definitely going to be taking that on as a side project. It was probably difficult because the professor is the creator of Scala.

Cryolite posted:

I'm learning Scala coming from C# and this is exactly the type of stuff I'd like to eventually be doing too, bonus points if it's in Scala. Is your company by any chance in the Baltimore/DC area?

I really, really want to jump ship off of .NET and maybe into a position writing Scala next, but it looks like there aren't too many companies looking for it (or at least near me).

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