[s_c_r]

Honestly? I’m interested in it and wanted an excuse to give it a try. No more compelling reason than that.

[aynyc]

I think that's the best reason for doing things. Find something interesting and give it a try.

Using Scala as a functional language has been a fun journey for me. I still code imperatively when solving problems, but when I get a chance to refactor them into functional programming, boy, my mind goes Boom!

I do hope I get to use Clojure at some point.