Well, there is no real replacement for raw intelligence, but I hope we'll all agree that attitude and curiosity are also critical.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> wrote: > > bOR_ <boris.sch...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I'm not from the software engineers field, but how difficult is it for > > some non-lisp, but java-savvy software writer to pick up a 600-line > > clojure program and learn to understand it? > > I suspect it has more to do with people thinking they can't do it than > any actual lack of ability to comprehend. Many people are intimidated by > new ideas and think to themselves, "I'm a Java programmer. I shouldn't > have to learn a new language." Other people would see it as an > opportunity rather than a burden, even if they are otherwise both > equally capable programmers, the second person will be able to pull it > off. But unfortunately this kind of person is much rarer. > > > I mean, everyone in this forum managed to learn clojure to some degree > > without too much trouble.. including me. > > Membership to this group is _very_ self-selecting; you can't expect > things that are true here to be true across the board. > > -Phil > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
