I use OS X and had only minor trouble getting Clojure to run the first time. But even minor trouble still has a disproportionate effect on someone's first impression. The out-of-box experience matters for everything and programming languages are no exception. Eclipse is a good example of a Java developer-oriented application with a good out-of-box experience on all platforms. Shell scripts for UNIX and installers for Windows and OS X would go a long way towards improving that for Clojure.
-Per On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Luc Préfontaine <lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> wrote: > Is my first impression right or wrong ? > > Is Clojure harder to setup from Windows for beginners ? > > Would an installer (.msi) help by hiding Java related details and providing > some basic scripts to run it ? > > Luc P. > > On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 16:48 +0530, Martin DeMello wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Joel Westerberg > <joel.westerb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Every time I've started up with a clojure project I've had to spend a few >> hours fiddling with the environment, not that I don't do that with other >> languages, but it would be nice with an officially sanctioned solution for >> setting up a sane environment. > > Even better, an officially sanctioned solution expressed both as > documentation, and as a collection of shell scripts for all the major > platforms. > > (As another non-java-familiar clojure adoptee, classpaths were > definitely a hurdle) > > martin > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
