A couple of quick reactions... The survey itself is too "flat". It's like asking "do you like red or green?" Well... I like green on my walls, but I like red on my ties.
Scala has macros and a much richer syntax (although doing anything like core.async with Scala macros might be like putting tabsco on an open cut... just sayin') so I don't think the syntax and the macro stuff is a one-to-one mapping. People learn to work with a variety of syntaxes and are successful with them. Java and C++ have viscously awful syntax, yet they are very popular and most users of the languages don't notice. Both C and Lisp model an abstract computer and have syntax that reflects the computer that they model and to my mind, that helps the user of each language grok the abstract computer they are programming. I'd like a two-way mapping between a Clojure and an Excel-like formula language. That way people could write one-liner Clojure functions in a syntax that non-programmers are already comfortable with. I'm noodling with something like that right now. I think Jay and Colin are saying something very, very important: Clojure feels uncomfortable until it feels very comfortable and then there's no going back. I am not yet comfortable with Clojure's syntax, but I totally appreciate it. But I'm doing work in Scala, Java, and Clojure all for pay all in the same week every week... and bouncing among all three makes getting comfortable with Clojure a little slow. Further, I fear (deeply... in my bones) that once I am comfortable with Clojure, doing Scala will be as disgusting as doing Java is after 7 years of Scala. :-( On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Răzvan Rotaru <razvan.rot...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm curious about the general opinion on the Clojure syntax, whether > people actually like it or just use it because it provides macros. So I > would like to ask you to participate in a poll. Thank You. > > Here's the link: > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GSgfkeThpUYlgFVzhhNIgA1JbTilu6S9eudq_Sbxl34/viewform > > Răzvan > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Telegram, Simply Beautiful CMS https://telegr.am Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Blog: http://goodstuff.im -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
