Kevin Grad

My copy of Programming in Scala finally arrived yesterday, and I have had a chance to read the first chapter. It looks to be a very interesting language. I have had a desire to learn functional programming for a long time, and I have a giant fascination with programming languages in general. Scala seems to be getting a lot of hype right now, and the ability to program both Imperatively and Functionally is too hard to pass up.
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I have a problem. I will admit it. I am addicted to book buying. I must spend thousands of dollars a year on books easily. My Indigo card is in the front slot of my wallet. It’s rare when I don’t have Amazon or Chapters open in my browser. I can’t even pass by an Indigo or any bookstore for that metter without going in and most likely buying something, usually about some programming topic.

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