> 1. How do you get Clojure programmers? Lisp is not for the faint hearted.
Clojure is extremely easy to learn compared to 'Lisp': You get collection based functions that apply other functions map/ reduce/filter You get simple powerful data structures hashmaps sets vectors lists You get atomic, thread safe mutables You can write Java without all the crud. > 2. What about the performance of Clojure? Is it fast? Its not the fastest. But I've written much slower C code because searching an array linearly is easier than 'doing it right' and I have a deadline. I'd say with a sensible language you actually have time to focus on performance. With the 'fastest' language sometimes I'm just fighting to make things work. > 3. People who want to use this are more academically inclined and are > not practical. This will make the whole project fail. Rich is not an academic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Hickey He wrote Clojure as a better way of developing, and it is! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
