Re: spec/conform: + vs * differ sometimes, not sure why

2017-08-10 Thread Peter Hull
> On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 6:55:04 AM UTC-6, Alex Miller wrote: >> >> This is a bug, similar to https://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-2105 >> and http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-2003. I've spent a little >> time on it but have not figured out the exact problem. If you'd like to >>

Re: beginning to learn Clojure after imperative programming my whole life

2017-08-10 Thread Didier
It did for me. It's that Clojure forced me to learn about and practice new ways to model problems and solution. For example, I'm much better at recursion and dynamic programming now. Now algorithmic problems are always hard, so there's a limit to how much better I got because of Clojure, but

Re: beginning to learn Clojure after imperative programming my whole life

2017-08-10 Thread hiskennyness
On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 2:43:20 PM UTC-4, Andy wrote: > > This feels like a different world. > Yep. > > Has anyone experienced a sharp increase in their problem solving abilities > after switching to Clojure? > Not sure about problem-solving per se, but better tools do seem to take