I'm using Clojure for some reasonably heavy computational code. It's a great fit for the problem domain.
Some specific things I really like: - I use Incanter to get quick plots of outputs to test that algorithms are working, very handy for interactive development at the REPL - I can plug in Java code pretty seamlessly when needed (e.g. some of my algorithms are implemented in Java) - Clojure makes a lovely "glue language" - The concurrency features are surprisingly useful, e.g. I often kick off long-running computations in a future The only thing you might find tricky is getting absolutely top performance in tightly coded algorithms. It's possible to write very fast code in Clojure but it's not easy (i.e. you have to have an intimate knowledge of type hinting, how to avoid boxing, exploit primitive unchecked arithmetic, abusing mutability, how to avoid memory allocations etc.) - so sometimes I end up writing the inner loops of performance-sensitive algorithms in Java rather than Clojure. Not a big deal but I look forward to the day when I can write everything in Clojure :-) -- 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
