Well gosh, Timothy, isn't Clojure code easier to maintain/extend than Java code? There's a lot less boiler plate at least. Or is it just that Clojure is superior mostly when multi-threading because of its use of immutables?
Are you really saying that Clojure is not an advantageous choice for implementing Clojure? Perhaps as a newbie I'm just oversold on Clojure? Or are you just taking a short-term view and saying that a rewrite would carry no IMMEDIATE advantages. Of course, the counter for that is that a rewrite ALWAYS carries immediate advantages. :D On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 11:10:05 AM UTC-4, tbc++ wrote: > > " I would think that having Clojure implemented entirely in Clojure would > have a number of advantages." > > I think that's the place you should start. List those advantages. > Clojure-in-Clojure would be a "nice" thing to have...but I can't really > think of any major features it would enable that aren't possible in Clojure > already. > > One thing that would be nice to have would be to switch Clojure's Java > interfaces over to protocols, e.g. `Counted` could be a protocol instead of > a interface. But that could be done on the existing codebase, without the > need for a full rewrite. > > Timothy > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:03 AM, William la Forge <lafo...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Step 2 in the classical bootstrap process for a language is to rewrite it >> in itself. Clojure is more than capable of this. But Clojure continues to >> rely on Java code for its implementation. >> >> Is there a reason why this was not done? Efficiency issues? A rush to >> create something usable? I would think that having Clojure implemented >> entirely in Clojure would have a number of advantages. >> >> I am sure there was a deliberate decision, not to complete the bootstrap >> process. Is this documented anywhere? >> >> Just being a nosy newbie. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking > zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C > programs.” > (Robert Firth) > -- 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.
