On Sep 8, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Alan Busby <thebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Sean Corfield <s...@corfield.org> wrote: > > I find that it is quite difficult to use clojure unless one knows Java, > > which I believe to be a barrier to new comers. > > I'm surprised every time I hear this. You can write a lot of Clojure without > having to do any interop so you can mostly ignore Java altogether unless you > specifically want to work with a Java library. > > I don't think any of my Clojure books mention how to convert a string to a > numeric, which is missing in Clojure and hence requires Java interop. That's > just one example of a fairly basic thing that would be a barrier to new > comers.
Do you mean this?: => (read-string "1.23") 1.23 I manage to get by with very little Java interop, but I'd love to have more guidance for doing it when I need it. -Lee -- 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.
