On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 14:44 -0500, Josh Suereth wrote: > The only reason Scala stands a better chance to replace Java than > Clojure is due to the fact that Scala and Java both have two 'a' > characters in them. Although Clojure has a j, it is not capitalized, > and is therefore not as good.
I actually think the name might be pretty important -- Scala is a good name not only for the reason you mention, but it also has that connotation of scalability. "Clojure" not only seems like a silly misspelling, it also is based on "closure", which is more of an adademic concept -- your average Java dev won't understand that and thus not like it. Even worse on the managerial level. At least that's my theory. I even wonder if there's an issue with the last syllable: "Clojure" sounds less open at the end. And most SW-devs don't want closure (in the general sense) either, it just likes dynamics. In summary it seems they might as well call the language "Poop" and make a nice backcronym out of that. Of course looking like Lisp won't help either :-) Peter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
