Then we have more in common than you may think :) I learned Ruby first, went through Scala which appeared in the same time frame, all this to pick up the language of choice to replace Java and Ruby which we used to prototype our product.
All this took around 9 months including the time to get the prototype working. Choose carefully... :) Luc P. > The point is that Clojure is not the only modern language out there. I > can't possibly learn them all in depth just to decide which language to use > for my production code. That would be time-inefficient because my goal in > not to learn languages, but to pick up a new language suitable for my needs. > > On Friday, December 27, 2013 3:04:18 AM UTC+1, Luc wrote: > > > > This depends strictly on your learning speed which I will > > not comment here :) > > > > It took me three months full time to start to feel at ease with > > Clojure writing production code and I was around 45 years > > old at the time. > > > > Learning is never inefficient... when you want to learn. > > > > Luc P > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:04:00 PM UTC+1, Luc wrote: > > > > > > > > Ok I'll drop the subject. Still cannot understand why people cannot > > > > try something new w/o sticking to the stuff they know already until > > they > > > > are > > > > totally immersed in the new thing. And by that I mean use the new > > thing as > > > > it was intended. > > > > > > > > Then you can generate useful conclusions and get some benefits from > > > > this learning process. > > > > > > > > > > Learning every single language just to find the right one is not very > > > time-efficient. > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > > 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > > Luc Prefontaine<lprefo...@softaddicts.ca <javascript:>> sent by ibisMail! > > > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Luc Prefontaine<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail! -- -- 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.
