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pknerd on Nov 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Graham’s Guide to Learning Scala

Can anyone tell me why one needs to learn Scala but not something else like Go or Node.js? Some other buzz word?

seanmcdirmid on Nov 23, 2012 [–]

No. I mean, you should learn what you want to learn; there is no strict set of new technologies that you should learn and others that you shouldn't. Sorry we can't provide you with better guidance.

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