This post was not meant for any queries on the release schedules of the various Clojure versions, but for a curious question -- "*Will Clojure (take all the upcomming versions back-to-back) remain to be known as the JVM language anytime in the future?*". You can say, that this question arises from curiosity :), but there is more.
Lets' take Scala (scala runs on CLR too, but is still known as the JVM language, and it seems, will remain so) or Groovy. Nobody assured me about their future, but somewhere I know, that they will remain to be developed as the ''JVM languages''. Can I put Clojure in their league? On Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:20:13 AM UTC+5:30, Andy Fingerhut wrote: > > Such questions make one wonder "Why are you asking?" > > For example, if it is simply curiosity, then I would answer that Clojure's > primary platform has been the JVM since before it was released 5 years ago, > and there are no signs I have seen that the developers who add features to > and fix bugs in Clojure have any plans to discontinue doing so. > > If you are asking because you want some kind of guarantee that Clojure 1.4 > will still be around 5 years from now, the answer is that it will, as will > Clojure 1.3, and 1.2.1, etc., because they have all been released under the > Eclipse public license, and as long as you don't violate the terms of that > license you can continue using them as you wish. > > It seems likely that Clojure 1.5 will be released in less than 6 months, > if not significantly earlier. I have no inside information on this -- just > that once 1.3-beta1 and 1.4-beta1 were released, it was less than 6 months > before 1.3 and 1.4 were released, and 1.5-beta1 has been out for a month. > > If you are asking because you want some kind of assurance that Clojure > 1.6, 1.7, etc. will be released on some particular schedule, then I'd > suggest attempting to make a contract with the people responsible for > making those releases. I have no idea if they are open to making such a > contract with you, or how much money they would want to do so. > > If you are looking for something other than those, it might help to > explain better what you are looking for. Some kind of verbal promise from > the developers? Forever is a long time, as I would imagine "virtually > forever" is, too. > > Andy > > On Nov 24, 2012, at 6:31 AM, Leon Adler wrote: > > Hi, > > JVM is known to be a robust, reliable and optimised platform for > development and deployment. Rich Hicky's decision to develop Clojure on the > JVM is fantastic, and it's delightfull to see it grow on the JVM as its > primary platform. > > > Yeah, as a matter of fact JVM is the primary platform for the development > of Clojure; Also Major institutions and people project Clojure as a JVM > language (Heroku, for example), Clojurescript also requires the JVM.... > > > My Question is : > > > Will Clojure be known as the JVM language** *in future, as it is known > today? Will the JVM remain the primary Clojure platform in the distant > future? (Virtually forever?) > > > ***When I think of Scala or Groovy, I get a feeling that they will still > be known as JVM languages in the future, as they are now. What about > Clojure? Can I safely put Clojure in the league of Scala? > > > -Leon Adler > > -- 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
