No. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines) But seriously, I don't feel so, (thou

No. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines) But seriously, I don't feel so, (though I came from writing Java). I like the protection of static typing, and haven't encountered yet anything that made the FP part suffer from the OO part. p.s. if you haven't already, Martin Odersky himself is delivering a course named Functional Programming in Scala (still not too late to join) https://class.coursera.org/progfun-2012-001 https://class.coursera.org/progfun-2012-001 It might be too basic if you are fluent, but I found it just in the right level for me. In any case, learning a language from it's creator seems to give you some insights.