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Clojure is neither an "esoteric language" nor "close to the metal". Also, Clojure does have a pretty popular micro-framework called Luminus (which is basically
by pera 9y ago
Clojure is neither an "esoteric language" nor "close to the metal". Also, Clojure does have a pretty popular micro-framework called Luminus (which is basically ring+compojure), and there are other options too, so developers don't need to code a web server from scratch.
> you have to trust that the original programmers actually know the language enough to not create a massive disaster
The same can be said for any programming language, although I think you may find much more disasters in, for instance, PHP and Python projects than in Clojure and Elixir ones...
- IshmaelYavitz 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15473657 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15473657 developers don't need to code a web server from scratch. I mean, that statement is true. But there is nothing in the Clojure ecosystem anywhere remotely close to the level of functionality contained in a framework like Django - Luminus included. Partially this is cultural: the Clojure party line is that libraries are good and frameworks are baaad.