There are difficulties with using Clojure -- or any JVM language -- for system administration. The first and biggest is the JVM startup time, making it impractical for command-line use without a separate "server" process. The second is that Java was explicitly designed to be OS-independent. Many common OS-level features -- launching processes and sending signals, for example -- are not available in the standard Java APIs, and require the use of native code or implementation-specific APIs.
I'm not saying it can't be done, just that there may be better tools for the job. -Stuart Sierra clojure.com -- 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
