On Oct 5, 1:45 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've watched the great introduction to Clojure (http://blip.tv/file/
> 812787). The choice of the JVM as the platform was not discussed in
> much detail (briefly touched on around the 10 minute mark) and I was
> wondering if there is anything more I can read about why the JVM was
> chosen (as opposed to some other VM.)
>
There's a bit in the rationale:
http://clojure.org/rationale
and in the latest talk:
http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/fb623565c137af4c
But not necessarily contrasting with other VMs. I think there is only
one other VM with as extensive platform libraries - the .Net CLR. As
far as third-party open source support though, there's no comparison.
There are many more open source libraries and pieces of infrastructure
for the JVM than for .Net.
> Also, if the JVM gets tail calls, will Clojure get tail calls?
>
Yes - waiting hopefully!
Rich
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