Scala is good, but I haven't seen it being used as much as it was popular a few years ago. It may die with a handful of loyal users, sadly; I bought the new Sca

Scala is good, but I haven't seen it being used as much as it was popular a few years ago. It may die with a handful of loyal users, sadly; I bought the new Scala book myself and it's gathering dust. You may want to check out F# if you're looking for a .Net functional language. Or try out Haskell.