On Jun 28, 12:16 pm, Martin DeMello <martindeme...@gmail.com> wrote: > It depends. I found the concepts pretty easy, since I have done a lot > of functional programming, but when I was new to clojure I had a truly > horrible time figuring out the various classpath issues needed to get > things working.
What is it about the classpath in particular that people find difficult? Is it that different from things like PYTHONPATH or RUBYLIB? The main differences I can see are: 1. you don't have to worry about PYTHONPATH for a while with a standard install, although the day will come 2. you have to understand the difference between class files and jars (PATH vs PATH/*) One thing I've done to make this easier is to create a clj script that, like Python and Ruby, adds the current directory to the classpath so you can just drop a .jar or .class file into a directory alongside your .clj script and it will find it. In some ways I actually find java .jar files easier to deal with than, say, Ruby libs. With ruby libs (outside of a package manager) I have to understand how to configure and build and install the library. With a .jar file I just drop it in my ~/jars directory and I'm done. -- 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
