Despite the length of some of the listings this book provides a fantastic, though relatively rapid, introduction to and overview of the relatively new Scala programming language. It has a much different approach and tone than the Programming in Scala tome by Bill Venners and company as well as exposing different little tips/tricks.

• bryanjswift
• September 25, 2009
• Beginning Scala
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"When the fact that one is a total nonentity who's done nothing more outstanding than eating, sleeping and chatting with neighbors becomes a fact worthy of pride, of announcement to the world and of diligent study by millions of readers -- the fact that one has built a cathedral becomes unrecordable and unannounceable. A matter of perspectives and relativity. The distance permissible between the extremes of any particular capacity is limited. The sound perception of an ant does not include thunder." -- Ellsworth M. Toohey

• bryanjswift
• August 16, 2009
• Fountainhead
• Page 471
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This book was too deep for me to really grasp in one pass, I will have to come back to it again.

• bryanjswift
• August 12, 2009
• Violence
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