Hi Martin, > IMHO small code-snippets like that you sent can not persuade someone to change language except some small/toy projects.
I completely agree with the above, if it is professional programmers you are trying to convince. I should mention that while my friend was talking about "industry", I disagree with what he was saying in that regard. I did observe however, for better or worse, the effect that this particular article has had on hobby programmers who are not industry veterans and wondered what type of thing might be out there to drum up enthusiasm for newcomers. I'll check out the functional programming patterns book about Scala and Clojure. I wondered if it was worth picking up, but am now motivated to do so. Jesse On Friday, April 18, 2014 7:10:19 PM UTC+9, martin madera wrote: > > Hello, > > I think that the book Functional patterns in Scala and Clojure has a lot > of snippets, which can attract many programmers. > > > http://www.amazon.com/Functional-Programming-Patterns-Scala-Clojure/dp/1937785475/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397814912&sr=8-1&keywords=functional+programming+patterns > > That book is written in similar style like GoF Design Patterns which is a > bit different than mini-cookbook you sent. But I think that the snippets in > the mini-cookbook you sent should not be put to public like "this is the > way how to do it". They should be put to some library rather than > copy-pasting to the every other program. > > I have only 5 years of commercial experience in programming, but IMHO > small code-snippets like that you sent can not persuade someone to change > language except some small/toy projects. > > Martin Maděra > > On Friday, 18 April 2014 10:03:29 UTC+2, kurofune wrote: >> >> Hello everyone! >> >> A Java programmer recently mentioned to me that if the Clojure community >> wants to appeal to industry programmers that they would need to provide >> example code comparisons, which clearly show why it is good to choose >> Clojure over another language. The same person gave me the following link >> with Java snippets that have proved useful for learners, something like a >> mini-cookbook: >> http://viralpatel.net/blogs/20-useful-java-code-snippets-for-java-developers/ >> >> When I google "Java Clojure code comparisons", nothing simple or >> straightforward like this comes up, so I want to translate these >> snippets into their Clojure equivalents and place them side by side with >> the Java, for comparison. I hope it will also provide a resource for >> Clojure programmers who want to get a better feel for Java and gain a more >> intuitive grasp of what goes on during interop. I'd like to cloud the >> task out to anyone interested in picking one snippet and posting it here. >> I'll then collect them, clean them up, post them and provide a link to >> either a blog post or github gists page. >> >> Does this appeal to anyone? If not, what succinct piece of media would >> you suggest for wowing the pants off a Clojure skeptic? >> >> Jesse >> > -- 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/d/optout.
