On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Peter Taoussanis <ptaoussa...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Oh man, how is everyone _not_ running around screaming about this right > now? > > It seems to me that the Clojure space suffers from an unusual malady: it's > busy sitting here quietly advancing half of applied computer science, and > no one seems to notice the full extent of its import. > > Man, I'm sometimes forced to just stop for a moment and sit in awe at how > lucky I've been to see this stuff develop and to get to use it. > Agreed. But the lack of notice means we're "in on the ground floor", so to speak, and can run circles around rival programming shops until they catch on. :) > Clojure was huge. And before we're close to digesting its potential, > there's protocols. And Clojurescript. Then Datomic. Reducers. Now this. > One of these things is not like the others; one of these things is not open source ... > And it's not about everything being necessarily _novel_, though there is > often novelty. For me it's largely about the cohesiveness of the design and > the consistency of the overarching vision. Everything _fits_. I feel like > I'm using tools and ideas that weren't just developed with care, or > cleverness, or experience, but all of those things in a kind of harmony > that's vanishingly rare to find in any field. > > I honestly feel like I'm witnessing history being made. > > Thank you Rich Hickey, and everyone else in this community for making my > work every day so enjoyable. > The NSA is probably getting a FISA warrant right now to search Hickey's home and place of business for any evidence of a flying saucer or time machine, on the grounds that either would have national security implications. :P -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
