Re versions: look at the tags, not the branches. The 1.4.1 branch was anomalous, due to needing to get out a bug fix.
On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:17:29 PM UTC-6, Aaron wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > > I'll share some of my experiences. > > * Is Clojure CLR production ready? > Yes, I have been using it in production for about 2 years now. > > * Do its version numbers correspond to the core Clojure version numbers? > (would it be fair to say the Java version is the core version) > It's fair to say that the Java is the core version, but Dave Miller (the > ClojureCLR maintainer) does a pretty good job of keeping it up to date with > the Java version. > > * Is it sensible to think in terms of writing platform independent code in > the same way as we do with cljx files in ClojureScript? > It is feasible if you put the effort into testing and writing the code > correctly, but currently I don't think cljx supports ClojureCLR - you'd > probably need to add that functionality yourself. > > * How good is the Visual Studio support for Clojure? > I use emacs and *inferior-lisp* and am pretty happy with them so I can't > comment on the Visual Studio workflow. > > * Does Leiningen work? > There is Shantanu's lein plugin and I've tried to do a proof of concept > "nlein", but there really isn't the equivalent thing in ClojureCLR. I > mostly deploy my .clj files as embedded resources in C# DLL's and have C# > call into Clojure to bootstrap things. I'm sure other people use other > strategies. > > * Are there any significant pitfalls to be aware of? > Not as many libraries are available and you'll have to do a fair amount of > groundwork yourself. Startup time is similar to the JVM verison. > > Overall, once I got past the initial hurdles, I found the environment to > be quite stable and a huge productivity boost. I would definitely recommend > ClojureCLR for projects with a big existing .NET code base. For new > projects, I do usually go with JVM Clojure mainly for access to more > libraries and IDE's. At the time when I started using ClojureCLR our team > was heavily invested in .NET so it made a lot of sense and was definitely > well worth it... > > Be sure to check out the ClojureCLR google group: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/clojure-clr > > > On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:38:58 AM UTC-5, Adrian Mowat wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> We are using Clojure on the JVM but one of our .Net developers has asked >> me whether I have considered using it on the CLR. I haven't tried doing it >> so I wondered if anyone can share any experiences using Clojure on the CLR? >> A quick google search suggests the project is still active but not >> especially vibrant (current version 1.4, last commit 24 days ago) but maybe >> that's unfair. >> >> I'm broadly interested in the following... >> >> * Is Clojure CLR production ready? >> * Do its version numbers correspond to the core Clojure version numbers? >> (would it be fair to say the Java version is the core version) >> * Is it sensible to think in terms of writing platform independent code >> in the same way as we do with cljx files in ClojureScript? >> * How good is the Visual Studio support for Clojure? >> * Does Leiningen work? >> * Are there any significant pitfalls to be aware of? >> >> Any other comments would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Adrian >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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.
