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I've written applications using Java, Groovy, Clojure and Scala (in that order) and after Clojure, coding Scala felt specially horrible (yet another syntax to l
by eccp 12y ago
I've written applications using Java, Groovy, Clojure and Scala (in that order) and after Clojure, coding Scala felt specially horrible (yet another syntax to learn! ++: \ ~> and so on...).
Maybe Clojure feels odd for a few hours when coming from C-like syntax, but it becomes so obvious later on. I remember I felt terrified by the parens because I had not written anything serious in it.
- vorg 12y ago> I've written applications using Java, Groovy, Clojure and Scala (in that order) I'd say the most natural pathways for Java programmers upgrading their language skills are: * from Java, to Groovy, to Clojure * from Java, to Groovy, to Scala * from Java, direct to Clojure * from Java, direct to Scala Once someone reaches Clojure and Scala, they seem unwilling to give up what they've gained (the simplicity and macros of Clojure, or the higher-order typing of Scala) to switch to something else, even when that something offers more.
- frowaway001 12y ago> yet another syntax to learn! ++: \ ~> and so on... Syntax? Not seeing any syntax here.