On Mar 24, 10:19 am, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Heh, even as a long-time Java developer (since '97), I'm here because > I want something _better_ than Java. It's why I learned Groovy in 2008 > (sort of "Java-lite" - fixes most of Java's problems but suffers from > performance issues compared to Java), Scala in 2009 (sort of "Java++" > - fixes most of Java's problems but suffers from a split personality > since it's a hybrid OO/FP language and has a frightening type system - > for the people I need to work with), and then Clojure in 2010.
Since we are mentioning other languages (I'm sure it's a little off- topic, but what the hey), if you really want to fry your brain and blow your mind, check out APL, or its modern successor, J. APL is ancient, but so is LISP, so that shouldn't put off any LISP-ites. I am not exaggerating when I say that for most little problems you want to solve, you can do it in one line. I wrote an electronic real-time trading platform in J. Would have taken God knows how many pages of code in any other language. With J I did it in just a few pages max. One area I'd say Clojure is ahead of something like J would be concurrency. It's always fun to know new languages. Heck, I guess I know over 20 at this juncture. -- 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
