Yes, Scala's worth learning. If you've used a JVM language (e.g. Clojure) and know Haskell, it should be a snap. I liked the "stairway book", of which Odersky h

Yes, Scala's worth learning. If you've used a JVM language (e.g. Clojure) and know Haskell, it should be a snap. I liked the "stairway book", of which Odersky himself is an author. Scala the language is great. There are wide variations in Scala code, given that it's a meeting point between about 4 languages (Java, Ocaml, Erlang with its actor model, and now Lisp with macros). Some Scala code is very good, some is bad. But yes, I would say that it's absolutely worth it to learn the language itself. No question.