I’ve developed in many functional languages professionally, from various lisps to Haskell, Scala, F# and they differ.
Languages like Haskell and Scala that emphasize development with types are entirely different from most dynamically typed languages. You have to at least get a basic understanding of monads, type classes (implicits) and type systems (which isn’t impossible). This implies a steep learning curve in both, methodology, as well as syntax. To top it all, Scala has one of the most versatile type systems I worked with.
That said, the struggle you are feeling is expected, but the understanding and insights you’ll get are valuable and this will even improve your coding in Elixir. I recommend to get used to it and enjoy the insights into different concepts of software development. Even if it hurts.
