On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Florian Over <florian.o...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I also recommend to read the last chapter of the book "Thinking in Clojure".
Do you mean Joy of Clojure? Here's what Fogus and Chouser say: "Most if not all of the patterns listed in the book are applicable to functional programming languages in general, and to Clojure in particular." I agree with them on that :) They do however go on to say this: "But at its most pragmatic, the patterns described are aimed at patching deficiencies in popular object-oriented programming languages. This practical view of design patterns isn’t directly relevant to Clojure, because in many ways the patterns are ever-present and are first-class citizens of the language itself. We won’t provide a comprehensive survey of the ways that Clojure implements or eliminates popular design patterns but will provide enough to make our point." Then they present nine design patterns and how they apply to Clojure, showing that whilst the design pattern itself applies, the implementation is often trivial - which is to be expected of a language with greater expressive power. So perhaps our only disagreement in this thread comes from the fact that the sample _implementations_ shown in the GoF book are irrelevant in Clojure whereas the patterns are often just normal ways of doing stuff in Clojure? -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://www.getrailo.com/ "Perfection is the enemy of the good." -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) -- 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
