Scala: Post-Functional, Post-Modern, or Just Perl++?

Scala: Post-Functional, Post-Modern, or Just Perl++? - interesting post that addresses some of the points that also bother me when looking at Scala. I particularly like the designation as Perl++, as that is exactly the impression that comes to me whenever I delve deeper into Scala. Perl has always fascinated me, but by the time I built larger projects with it and used the advanced features of Perl more intensively, I had some doubts about the maintainability of the result - especially with regard to handing over the work to one of my colleagues for further maintenance. At that time, I switched to Python because it offered me many of the features in a much cleaner language concept. I think this could also explain why I just can't warm up to Scala, even though many aspects of it fascinate me.