What does something being shiny and new have to do with how good its libraries, community, platforms, and support are? Heck, I'd say something being new would detract from it library-wise. Sergey's point was that when someone begins a new project they have the options of all those languages; Clojure isn't just competing with new and shiny things.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Sergey Didenko > <sergey.dide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You know that from inside. A Clojure "outsider" can have a completely > other > > point of view. > > > > He can choose between Python > > Not new > > > server side Javascript > > Not new > > > new C# > > Despite what you just said, not new > > > Go > > Haven't heard of it, so probably not shiny enough > > > Scala, F# > > Mentioned those > > > Haskell > > Not new > > > Erlang > > Not new > > > haXe > > Haven't heard of it, so probably not shiny enough > > > Clojure. > > So far, looks like the "shiny and new" category is Clojure, Scala, F#, > and maybe one or both of the Go and haXe you mentioned. The rest > definitely aren't particularly new. > > > Besides the languages itself, the "outsider" wants to evaluate libraries, > > community, platforms, support, etc. > > That puts Clojure and Scala ahead of F# and the three of them ahead of > nearly everything else. > > -- > Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! > Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true > hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more > civilized age. > > -- > 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 > -- 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
