Comments on: The need for Clojure http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/ topics: functional programming, concurrency, web-development, REST, dynamic languages Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:43:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 admin Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:10:12 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-1135 @happy_developer, Yes, Clojure operates extremely well with Java. There are many more details at http://clojure.org @happy_developer,

Yes, Clojure operates extremely well with Java. There are many more details at http://clojure.org

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Ricky Clarkson Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:52:24 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-1131 Abcom: 1. Actually, CLOS (Common Lisp's Object System) is much closer to Alan Kay's original definition of OO than any of C++, Java and C# are. It's sad that 'mainstream OO' means 'looks like C++'. Also, OO is the problem, it is something to move away from. 2. In my experience, non-programmers can learn lisp in minutes. Are you saying that C/C++/Java/C# programmers are actually disabled in some way? Incidentally, C# is probably a better language than you think; many of its competent programmers would probably enjoy lisp, apart from the lack of a type system. Abcom:

1. Actually, CLOS (Common Lisp’s Object System) is much closer to Alan Kay’s original definition of OO than any of C++, Java and C# are. It’s sad that ‘mainstream OO’ means ‘looks like C++’.

Also, OO is the problem, it is something to move away from.

2. In my experience, non-programmers can learn lisp in minutes. Are you saying that C/C++/Java/C# programmers are actually disabled in some way?

Incidentally, C# is probably a better language than you think; many of its competent programmers would probably enjoy lisp, apart from the lack of a type system.

]]> By: happy_developer http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 happy_developer Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:02:44 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-1130 Hi, do you know whether Clojure can be used in Java application? Hi, do you know whether Clojure can be used in Java application?

]]> By: Abcom http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Abcom Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:04:18 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-1126 4. LISP isn't an OO-language(any other mainstream language is) 5. It would be hard for C/C++/Java/C# progs to learn it 4. LISP isn’t an OO-language(any other mainstream language is)
5. It would be hard for C/C++/Java/C# progs to learn it

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Ricky Clarkson Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:41:16 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-1124 Lisp is certainly great, and Clojure looks like a reasonable lisp. I wonder why the JVM attracts untyped languages while .NET attracts typed ones. Could it be that the Java language has damaged people's ideas of what types are for? Lisp is certainly great, and Clojure looks like a reasonable lisp. I wonder why the JVM attracts untyped languages while .NET attracts typed ones. Could it be that the Java language has damaged people’s ideas of what types are for?

]]> By: Higher-Order » Blog Archive » Annotated Clojure links - part 1 http://blog.higher-order.net/2008/10/18/the-need-for-clojure/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Higher-Order » Blog Archive » Annotated Clojure links - part 1 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:08:49 +0000 http://blog.higher-order.net/?p=156#comment-521 [...] (and the web in particular), and that most people aren’t taking this seriously enough. In my last posting I claimed that I will write a number of blog postings about my experiences with Clojure. [...] [...] [...] (and the web in particular), and that most people aren’t taking this seriously enough. In my last posting I claimed that I will write a number of blog postings about my experiences with Clojure. [...] [...]

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