On Jun 12, 11:58 am, CuppoJava <[email protected]> wrote: > I would agree with Chouser. My first look at Lisp really turned me > away from FP, until I gave Clojure a chance.
Same here, just about. Clojure has two very big advantages: 1. Access to the huge, very useful Java standard library. Graphics, threads, networking, the works. In this regard, Common Lisp is to C as Clojure is to Java. You also get the portability, stability, and performance benefits of being JVM-hosted. For example, when Java 7 comes out your Clojure apps magically get the benefits of the G1 collector. Common Lisp users will have to wait for their compiler's vendor to improve their collector, if they ever do, based on new research in the field. You might argue that using Clojure just replaces one vendor (Allegro, say) with another (Sun). But the JVM has a much larger market share than any CL environment, so it should see a faster pace of research and development, benefiting everything hosted on it. 2. Thanks to Enclojure, you can develop in Clojure using a fully modern development environment. Very handy for those that can't abide emacs. :) That second point may be quite important -- I wonder how many people aren't really turned off by Lisp itself, but by the company it keeps. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
