Scala, another language I am "trying" to look at

After blogging about Groovy last time, I have found myself now taking a more serious look at Scala language. I have been looking at this language several times already but not as deeply and seriously as this time. Why? I happened to run into a blog of Groovy's creator. The funny thing is that he praised Scala so much that he even mentioned that he wouldn't have created Groovy if he knew Scala before. With that kind of statement, I am so curious if this language is really worthwhile spending time with.

So far I have read about 1/3 of the classic Scala book "Programming in Scala". Found something new and old, kind of get mix feeling of both good and "so-so". I guess that there would be more good surprise later. I just want to see if it's good enough if I use for my website.

Let's see.