Learning Haskell with a view to learning Scala

Question

I\'ve read a few questions such as Scala vs Haskell discussing the merits of both languages or which to learn, but I already know that I\'d like to learn Scala. I was a Java pro

Answer 1

I came to Scala from a Java background. Initially I just focused on Scala as a better Java. As time went on I started to use more and more functional concepts in Scala. Eventually I reached a point where I felt I needed a purer understanding of functional programming. It was at this point that I went away and learnt Haskell.

When I cam back to Scala I found it much easier to use a functional style and some of the the concepts I struggled with previously made much more sense.

You don't have to learn Haskell to become a good Scala developers, but I think once you get to a certain level in Scala that having a deeper understanding of functional programming concepts really helps.