Make them watch the following video. http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61
Although the video isn't about Clojure, I think most of the points regarding ML are true of Clojure as well. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Timothy Pratley <timothyprat...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
