On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Raffael Cavallaro < raffaelcavall...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Some of you may not know of Jon's behvior on comp.lang.lisp so some > background will be useful here. > > He runs a business selling ocaml and f# consulting and training > services and materials. He routinely posts insulting and inflammatory > remarks about lispers and lisp in comp.lang.lisp. > > He admits his principal purpose there is to drum up business for his > ocaml/f# consulting. These both being statically typed languages, and > Jon's livelihood flowing from their use, he will naturally defend > static typing and criticize dynamic typing. > > His posts must be considered as being highly biased because of his > admitted economic interests and purposes. If past behavior is any > guide he will seek to belittle clojure and present f# as a superior > alternative. > > Don't be fooled by his attempts to prey on those unfamiliar with his > mode of operation and get them to buy his training materials/journals > and consulting services by presenting their language of choice, > clojure, as somehow lacking with respect to those he sells services > for. > > > hmmmm, that could sound like more of an endorsement than anything he could have said, himself! Afterall he could have chosen a dynamically typed language for his business if he had wanted to. That really says something about OCaml and f#. At any rate, either he makes a good point or he doesn't. If his arguments have flaws, point them out. My interest right now in following clojure is to learn ALL the arguments, including his. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
