On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Brian Craft wrote:
> C is a "C-language", and it seems a lot simpler than clojure to me. K&R is
> about 200 pages. I expect you mean C++, Java, etc.
No, I think Clojure is a lot simpler than C. As for C++, I was on the
standards committee for eight years so I kn
C is a "C-language", and it seems a lot simpler than clojure to me. K&R is
about 200 pages. I expect you mean C++, Java, etc. Not meaning to start a
language war, but my own experiences with C++ and Java have mostly
convinced me that the added complexity in those languages don't lead to
better
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Sean Corfield wrote:
> Clojure feels like a VERY simple language with almost no
> syntax. Having recently read more Scheme / CL code, I can see how folks
> coming from those languages think Clojure is cluttered.
Why do they think it is cluttered? What does that m
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Brian Craft wrote:
> I suspect that if you come from java or C++ it seems like a simple
> language, but it feels pretty cluttered compared to other languages.
>
Interesting observation and probably true. Although I did Lisp back at
university (in the early/mid-80
On 18/10/12 17:37, Brian Craft wrote:
It's not just you. I'm also surprised at the amount of syntax and the
number of ways of doing some things. I suspect that if you come from
java or C++ it seems like a simple language, but it feels pretty
cluttered compared to other languages. The '->' macro
It's not just you. I'm also surprised at the amount of syntax and the
number of ways of doing some things. I suspect that if you come from java
or C++ it seems like a simple language, but it feels pretty cluttered
compared to other languages. The '->' macro, for example. I've learned to
read ri
One thing that you might be missing is the expressive power of the sequence
handling functions (everything under sequences here:
http://clojure.org/cheatsheet ). I found it very useful to follow a few
other users in 4clojure [1] which allowed me to compare different styles in
their solutions wh
Hi
I don't know about style guides, but I can recommend to look to 2
books: The Joy of Clojure & Clojure Programming - they provide a lot
of interesting information, including tips on writing idiomatic
Clojure code
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Curtis wrote:
> I do hope this is an appropriate
I do hope this is an appropriate topic.
I am very excited by the power and capability in clojure and amazed at the
rapid quality of tooling that exists so early in the projects life.
I would like to admit that i am feeling like the simplicity and elegance
that I experienced writing in lisp see
