>>Of the people I've tried to expose to Clojure over the last six months, >>I've definitely found that those with less OO experience tend to pick >>it up much quicker.
that's exactly true for me: 40+ years old and OO-centric-Programmer since 1995. it takes me one year now to reach a highlevel quality in programming clojure. i maybe near but still have the feeling that i am not there ... the IMO main-reasons for this are: - i am so deeply entrenched in OO-thinking - no chance to apply clojure in the job so it's kind of a hobby - 40+ years -> brain is full of stuff -> more difficult to learn IMO one thing that could help OO-people a lot would be a detailed guide for implementing classical design-patterns using clojure (see: head first desing patterns which is a fantastic book) . 'the joy of clojure' touches this subject but not in detail. Btw. it's not true IMO, that clojure eleminates the benefit of thinking in design-patterns. and finally to correct myself: clojure IS a general purpose language. no doubt about it. -> high-level skills in clojure enable programmers to do both: system-programming and application-programming. -- 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
