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> Clojure is beautiful, and backed by beautiful theories, but its implementation needs to be clean or it will eventually develop enough special cases that its b
by _pmf_ 10y ago
> Clojure is beautiful, and backed by beautiful theories, but its implementation needs to be clean or it will eventually develop enough special cases that its beauty will be ruined.
A bit like communism.
Whenever I watch one of Rich Hickey's signature talks, I'm enthused, but actually looking and using the concepts leaves a rather stale taste compared to the promise.