C is a "C-language", and it seems a lot simpler than clojure to me. K&R is about 200 pages. I expect you mean C++, Java, etc. Not meaning to start a language war, but my own experiences with C++ and Java have mostly convinced me that the added complexity in those languages don't lead to better code: quite the opposite. I tend to agree with Torvald's amusing rants on this subject. So, yeah, coming from C, javascript, scheme, and what-not, clojure seems like it has a large number of different ideas baked into it. Maybe it's the right number of ideas. I'm only a couple weeks into it. So far it's all been good, except for when I have to muck with java stuff. ;)
On Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:08:14 AM UTC-7, Sean Corfield wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Brian Craft <craft...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I suspect that if you come from java or C++ it seems like a simple >> language, but it feels pretty cluttered compared to other languages. >> > > Interesting observation and probably true. Although I did Lisp back at > university (in the early/mid-80's), most of my career has been in C-family > languages so, yes, Clojure feels like a VERY simple language with almost no > syntax. Having recently read more Scheme / CL code, I can see how folks > coming from those languages think Clojure is cluttered. But it's SO much > simpler than the C-languages that it must surely be only a little more > cluttered than Scheme / CL? Do the differences really seem that big? > Genuine question, since I've been immersed in C-languages for so long... > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > -- 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
