actually I think I've seen that page before.  I guess I new the way to get
there once.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote:

>  . . . that person being me if it wasn't clear :)
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> define "directly"  I clicked on clojure.org.  I don't see the link.  I
>> stared at the page for a good 30 seconds.  I don't see a "links" section. .
>> . . maybe it's there and I'm bad at reading.  Ah it's inline in the getting
>> started dialog.  In my opinion, that wiki link ought to be prominently
>> displayed on the left, maybe even above rationale . . . .in fact, stick the
>> rationale on the wiki page as the preface to the "book" . . . in fact stick
>> the whole page on the wiki page . . . .and at that point why not just have
>> the wiki on clojure.org.  Trust me.  I'm a newby, and Tim is being
>> insightful in making a single, quick reference goto place for information on
>> the subject of clojure . . . .a most curious thing to have be confusing
>> given that there's a website on the topic, clojure.org.
>>
>> I'm going to memorize clojure.org.  Much harder will it be to memorize,
>> go to clojure.org, then "getting started", then "wiki" . . .and then . .
>> . hmmmmm no link so search what? . .. I dunno, go back to this thread . .
>> .read read . . .ah yes, here it is, "By Example".  So I can search on By
>> Example, or I can find this thread.  finally I'm there.
>>
>> Not Tim's fault.  And I'm glad he's doing it.  Consider this feedback and
>> opinion.  You are getting a data point on how one person thinks (or fails to
>> think).
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Nick Vogel <voge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It is, that article is part of the wiki linked to directly from
>>> clojure.org.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i know that will be awesome for me.  I just wish clojure.org was the
>>>> only place I had to go to get stuff like that.  Why not wikify it all 
>>>> there?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:12 PM, GS <gsincl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 14, 1:12 am, Timothy Pratley <timothyprat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > I've written small wiki article which dives right into the look and
>>>>> > meaning of common Clojure constructs with examples. Personally I find
>>>>> > I learn best by examples and when starting out they were hard to
>>>>> find,
>>>>> > whereas formal descriptions were there but rather cryptic when you
>>>>> > don't understand the context. My intention is to provide an initial
>>>>> > understanding of how programs look, what they mean, and what can be
>>>>> > accomplished because of their features... from which someone would
>>>>> > then move to one of the more complete articles and references.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/By_Example
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I hope someone finds it useful :)
>>>>>
>>>>> That's really good, Tim.  I hope you continue with it :)  AFAIC, just
>>>>> about every function in core, set, zip and xml needs to be documented
>>>>> by example.  I'm just not smart enough to read the API docs of a lot
>>>>> of functions and understand how to use them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some efficiency could be gained by demonstrating several functions at
>>>>> once, clearly labeling them.  An example without much thought:
>>>>>
>>>>>  (Heading) map, range
>>>>>
>>>>>    (map sqr (range 1 10 2))    ; after defining sqr
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Gavin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>
>

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