> 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!


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