On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Cecil Westerhof <cldwester...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-05-05 8:21 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>: > >> any language" ;) However, choosing language wisely will allow you to >> concentrate on solving the 'real' problem at hand, and relieve you >> from solving unrelated problems (memory management, dealing with >> pointers, etc). It will also simplify reasoning about your code. I > > > That is why I do not understand that (where I live) they think you can only > be a good programmer if you only program in one language.
It sounds like you have a bit of teaching to do ;) Start with printing a few copies of Why FP Matters (http://sector0.dk/public_files/why_fp_matters.pdf) and hand them out. Eric Raymond's How to Become a Hacker (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html) is also a good read, pay attention to what he says about LISP: LISP is worth learning for a different reason — the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus -- 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.
