Simplicity was described as being a property of the artefact, not the construct wasn't it? So I'm not sure what it means exactly for Clojure to be simple or complex.
Does Clojure allow you to write artefacts that are simple? Yeah, I think so, and I think it often makes it easier. There was a table with the suggestions of simple replacements for more complex things - I think Clojure has pretty good coverage of those things. I'm sure there will probably be improvements in the future that make things simpler still though - new ref types etc. On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Tim Robinson <tim.blacks...@gmail.com>wrote: > So I've read the previous post > Rich Hickey: "Simple Made Easy" from > Strange Loop 2011, but I wanted to ask some simple questions not > complected by the interweaving path the other has post followed (is > 'complected' even a word? - lol) . > > I know the presentation was, while inclusive of Clojure, not specific > to Clojure and after having given some further thought I find myself > wondering where does Clojure sit in this continuum of simple to > complectness (ok, yes I am now making up words). And I wonder where > do the language designers think Clojure sits? How far along has > Clojure gone down this rabbit hole? > > Is Rich planning to make a new language, because Clojure is 'here', > but not 'there' ? - and where is 'here' for Clojure anyway? If your > were to rank, in accordance to Rich's inventory of complect items, is > Clojure a 5/10? or a 9/10? > > Do the Clojure language designers plan to make changes to Clojure to > make it simpler? And if so, how so? > > I don't want this to be a battle on Clojure doing 'this' but not > 'that' (and I hope that's possible). > Tim > > > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
