Approach it like you're probably approaching learning the actual language you are interested in (Scala/Clojure): you learn a bit, write some code, find a gap in

Approach it like you're probably approaching learning the actual language you are interested in (Scala/Clojure): you learn a bit, write some code, find a gap in your knowledge, learn what you need to know to fill that gap, write more code etc. i.e. bootstrap