You might want to add some commenting capabilities to those articles. They'll be more valuable in the context of discussions IMO.
On 6 March 2015 at 18:49, Jozef Wagner <jozef.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Experiment #1 > > *Deconstructing Core API* > > While Clojure provides its functionalities in multiple namespaces (e.g. > clojure.string, clojure.zip), the majority of it is defined in a single > namespace called clojure.core. The first Dunaj experiment explores the idea > of having multiple small namespaces where functions, macros and other > public vars are grouped by their purpose. It investigates whether such > separation is possible at all and whether it can be practical and useful. > > The goals of the first Dunaj experiment are as follows: > > - Devise a new user centric core API comprising multiple namespaces, > leaving bootstrapping and low level vars in the clojure.core. > > - Define a concept of API presets that control which functions, macros and > vars gets referred by default. > > - Let user choose which API preset he/she wants to use in his/hers > namespace, using classic clojure.core as a default. > > The upside of this approach is that backwards compatibility is maintained > and users can freely intermix multiple APIs in their projects. > Functionalities can be more logically separated by their purpose. List of > automatically referred vars are no longer driven by the namespace in which > they were defined, but this list is handled by separate API presets that > can be extended and customized. > > You can read more about this experiment at http://www.dunaj.org > > -- Jozef > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Jozef Wagner <jozef.wag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm happy to announce a project called Dunaj [1], which provides an >> alternative core API for Clojure. Its main aim is to experimentally test >> major additions to the language. >> >> Dunaj /ˈdunaɪ/ is a set of core language experiments aimed to improve >> Clojure language and its core API. It deals with language features that >> require changes across different parts of Clojure and which cannot be >> evaluated in isolation. Dunaj aims to bring Clojure even more towards >> simplicity, consistency and performance. >> It is intended to be used by regular Clojure developers, either for >> application or library development. >> >> Dunaj was created to test 10 experiments that bring significant changes >> to the Clojure language. As there is a substantial number of additions and >> changes, I want to try a bit unconventional approach here. Before I'll >> release the actual library, I will introduce Dunaj's experiments in a >> series of individual posts. Every part states the motivation behind the >> experiment, introduces changes and additions to the language and >> demonstrates its intended use. If you do not want to miss any of this, you >> may want to register for a mailing list at [1] or follow @dunajproject at >> Twitter. >> >> -- Jozef Wagner >> >> [1] http://www.dunaj.org/ >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
