On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:16:35 UTC-7, Alex Baranosky wrote: > > Why all that pesky Ruby? =D >
1. Because it was a new/shiny object 8 years ago 2. It actually worked better than Bash, Tcl, Perl, Java or even Python for me in a testing team toolsmith role in mid 2000s 3. In 2006-7 ThoughtWiorks had quite a bit of commercial success selling Ruby work. Stuff needed to be done to make sure we can deliver Something along those lines. Actually, with Clojure, I'm still at the stage of "I figured out how to flatten this bunch of sequences, and it makes me feel smart, but why the hell was it difficult at all?" It doesn't feel like jumping through burning hoops the way learning Haskell does, but still... With Ruby, I had no such issues, ever. Much smaller paradigm shift, I guess. --Alex -- -- 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.
