It might help if you told us why you're asking this question. My guess would be that you want to introduce Clojure, but you're afraid of backing yourself into a corner if it begins to die off. If that is the case, I think choosing to adopt is a safe choice (I've made the same choice, and many others have as well). If you have another motivation for your question, you should probably share it.
As far as Rich commiting to a platform, why would he? Who knows that Oracle will do with the JVM? Who knows what Rich will do with his life (what if he wanted to dedicate all his time to Datomic?) Why would he want to commit to anything? Clojure is viable now and available now, but no one knows what the future holds. You aren't likely to get commitments, so you have to make the safest bet given the current information. Currently, Clojure is JVM first. Smart money says it will be for the foreseeable future, but nothing is or will ever be guaranteed. If you *need* a guarantee, you probably shouldn't adopt Clojure. If there's a better option than the JVM, Clojure may move, and so will most of us. We want to deliver software - not dedicate ourselves to a specific VM. However, if you're comfortable making a safe bet, then Clojure+JVM are likely to be around for a very long time. On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sukh Singh <suckhsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there any chance of clojure community abandoning the JVM as the > primary plaform in the future? > > On Dec 27, 4:41 pm, Michael Klishin <michael.s.klis...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> 2012/12/27 Sukh Singh <suckhsi...@gmail.com> >> >> > From the above statements, can I say that >> >> > *the JVM will always likely, remain the primary Clojure implementation* ? >> >> The answer is: nobody will give you a definitive answer. This is open >> source software, "primary" implementations >> are not "assigned", they are what people actually adopt. >> >> Seehttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/pEWgq1MGbYY/discussion >> -- >> MK >> >> http://github.com/michaelklishinhttp://twitter.com/michaelklishin > > -- > 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
