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What I really want is a book dedicated to type-level wankery in Scala. That's the part of the language that's not easy and requires a lot of trial and error to figure out on your own.



I don't think there's a "Scala for Haskellers or ML'ers". Try Tony Morris' blog, or maybe this draft book

https://github.com/leithaus/XTrace/tree/8498f3294c8e8e52fe52...

I haven't seen this book, the review war is unfortunate, but the one 4-star review seems credible

http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Scala-Introduction-Object-Functi...


This is EXACTLY how I feel. I don't need a lot of introductory chapters dedicated to first-class functions, closures, and higher order functions like map/fold & friends. So much Scala material is clearly targeted at Java programmers and leads with something like "look no semicolons!" I want something like "Scala for Lispers". (or even "Scala for Ruby programmers")


I've found "Scala in Depth" to be really good for learning more about the type system http://www.manning.com/suereth/




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