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		oacgnol on Aug 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Principles of Reactive Programming If you're well versed in Clojure and FP principles, the only difference for you would be in picking up Scala syntax, in my opinion.

Fishkins on Aug 27, 2013 [–]

I'd say the type system is a non-negligible difference. Still, knowing Java and Clojure is a good foundation for learning Scala.

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