Unlike Perl, I find that Scala encourages writing code that is quite clear and maintainable. Of course the unwise might go berzerk with symbolic method names a

Unlike Perl, I find that Scala encourages writing code that is quite clear and maintainable. Of course the unwise might go berzerk with symbolic method names and overuse of postfix notation, but written sensibly, Scala's compactness and avoidance of boilerplate and tricky control flow (break, continue, early return, multiple ctors, etc.) can improve ergonomics and readability.