title: Learning Haskell with a view to learning Scala
body: <p>I've read a few questions such as Scala vs Haskell discussing the merits of both languages or which to learn, but I already know that I'd like to learn Scala. I was a Java programmer at uni and now mainly use PHP. </p>
  
  <p>I want to learn Scala as it looks like an improvement on Java for personal projects and I'd also like to learn a functional language to improve my knowledge as a programmer.</p>
  
  <p>I am wondering if it would be a good idea to learn Haskell as an introduction to functional programming as it is purely functional so I'd properly learn it rather than haphazard using bits of functional in Scala without knowing why? </p>
  
  <p>I'd also like to use Haskell for personal projects etc as it looks great, but I don't really see many real world applications of it, seems more used for academic stuff hence wanting to learn it to get the functional understanding then move on to Scala.</p>