The reason Clojure "supports you better" is that Clojure doesn't really give you an alternative. Scala is BOTH OO and FP, Clojure is only FP.
The "problem" with Scala is that if you come from an OO language, Scala doesn't force you to use FP concepts, sure it's idiomatic, but there is nothing that forces you to write things in a functional way. Clojure forces you to do that, cause you don't really have an alternative. Because of that, you'll probably get better at FP faster with Clojure than with Scala. I write probably, because if someone really wants too, they'll learn FP regardless. kl. 04:33:35 UTC+1 mandag 16. desember 2013 skrev John Kida følgende: > > I jumped on the FP bandwagon over a year ago and have been using Scala > both at work and for personal interest. Recently however I decided to take > a closer look at Clojure and see if it is something i actually like. I have > to admit at first the syntax form was awkward, but im starting to really > see the simplicity behind it. > > I have heard many people claim that Clojure sets you up and supports you > for FP more so then Scala does. However they never provide any examples of > something Clojure does that is more supporting of FP then the way idiomatic > Scala does it. > > Here are some things that I have heard people say when comparing Clojure > vs Scala in reference to FP > Clojure has immutable persistance data structures..... but so does Scala > Scala also tries to get you to use its immutable collections, like > Vectors, and are also persistent data structures. However they are not as > uniform as Clojures Seq i agree with that. > > Also Scala recommends using vals and not vars, which gives you immutable > references points > > I am certainly learning towards dropping Scala for a bit and giving > Clojure a real shot. The reason i even picked up Scala was because i wanted > to learn more about FP, and if there is a better tool for both doing and > learning FP then i want it. > > So tell me, if you have used both Scala and Clojure, do you have some real > examples of some things where Clojure really does support you better when > doing FP, where Scala really leads you no way, or worse the imperative way? > > > -- -- 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.
