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He was initially excited about Clojure, as a Lisp enthusiast, but as I recall he had a clash with the community about the direction of the language. https://gr
by gavinpc 9y ago
He was initially excited about Clojure, as a Lisp enthusiast, but as I recall he had a clash with the community about the direction of the language.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/clojure/JiK-WLFT65M/spBka_gsPcQJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/clojure/JiK-WLFT65M/spBka_gs...
- dmix 9y agoMore context here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2466731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2466731 With replies directly from Rich Hickey regarding Steve Yegge's "yes language". Steve is certainly no stranger to Clojure. Edit: also of interest in the discussion, Clojure is now #50 on TIOBE's top 50 list of languages. Notably OCAML didn't break #50 (or Common Lisp). I don't put much value in those lists personally but it does have economic value.
- gavinpc 9y agoThanks, that's the one I was looking for.