Java is not a barrier of entry for Clojure for most folks - it is in fact one of the major reasons for Clojure's success. If you're mostly interesting in GUIs and games - some people have taken the time to provide Clojure-y libraries for just that.
- Games, https://github.com/ztellman/penumbra - GUI, https://github.com/daveray/seesaw Also if Java really bugs you that much - ClojureCLR and ClojureScript might appeal to you. David On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:50 AM, g1i1ch <iris.bl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just wanted to put a shout out to the major clojure guys out there. > I've tried several times to learn the language, but I can't get passed > the normal lispy stuff to a serious program. Like a game or GUI app. > The reason why is because of something I quickly realized. It seems > that to fully learn clojure, you first must know java. You can see it > especially in the documentation which is fully java programmer > focused. My problem is that I don't know java and I really don't have > the time to or the desire to learn java just to learn clojure. > > I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one, and it means there may be scores > of people out there just waiting to learn clojure but find it an > uphill battle. It kinda limits how far the language will spread. Just > wanted to bring attention to it because it's a really awesome > language. And, I really want to be able to use it, and I want it to be > more widespread than it is. You have a Clojure for Java Programmers, > why not a Clojure for Non-Java Programmers? > > Thanks for your time > > -- > 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
