[eccp]

I've written applications using Java, Groovy, Clojure and Scala (in that order) and after Clojure, coding Scala felt specially horrible (yet another syntax to learn! ++: \ ~> and so on...).

Maybe Clojure feels odd for a few hours when coming from C-like syntax, but it becomes so obvious later on. I remember I felt terrified by the parens because I had not written anything serious in it.

[vorg]

> I've written applications using Java, Groovy, Clojure and Scala (in that order)

I'd say the most natural pathways for Java programmers upgrading their language skills are:

* from Java, to Groovy, to Clojure

* from Java, to Groovy, to Scala

* from Java, direct to Clojure

* from Java, direct to Scala

Once someone reaches Clojure and Scala, they seem unwilling to give up what they've gained (the simplicity and macros of Clojure, or the higher-order typing of Scala) to switch to something else, even when that something offers more.

[frowaway001]

> yet another syntax to learn! ++: \ ~> and so on...

Syntax? Not seeing any syntax here.