Sorry I forgot to mention, please go to the site if you want to support, by thumbs up or comment. There is a 100,000 euro prize and 500,000 euro investment for the top two ideas, I think this money would go a long way to further fund the development of clojure and Lisp aboption.
On Mar 10, 10:37 pm, startup <jennifermorgan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have entered the above idea into a national idea's competition being > run in Ireland at the moment.www.yourcountryyourcall.com id=D2604 > I am proposing the following: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "I would like to propose a model for the development of a new software > center that focuses on a long forgotten computer language namely LISP > (50 years old). Or to be more specific a more recent implementation > that runs on the Java framework that goes by the name > clojurehttp://clojure.org/. > > The software centers main purpose is to help bootstrap web based start- > ups by giving them a place to develop their companies with a small up > front grant/board and lodgings - similar tohttp://ycombinator.com/in > return for a small stake (1%) Better than any pension fund ;-). > > The software center would try to steer the candidates to use Lisp/ > Clojure over other languages because of the flexibility and speed with > with ideas can be developed and the languages inherent suitability for > large Web Scale/Cloud apps and AI. > > Also the software center would be open to anyone with or without > programming experience or qualification ,because the ideas and methods > of software development using Lisp are so opposite to the conventional > languages that it would not be deemed a handicap not have programmed > before, at all. And besides the software center main reason for > existence is to encourage non-linear thinking. All training would be > based on the famous MIT introductory videos. Where students finish by > designing their own computer > languages.http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures > > ..... Lets make Ireland the "Intelligent Software Country" > ------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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
