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> I wish more people looked past the unfamiliar syntax I truly doubt many professional devs are put off by the syntax. This is the least of the hurdles facing
by crispinb 7y ago
> I wish more people looked past the unfamiliar syntax
I truly doubt many professional devs are put off by the syntax. This is the least of the hurdles facing any (post-beginner) programmer learning a new language. It wouldn't even make it to the bottom of my list of criteria.
- keymone 7y agoYou’d be surprised. But also unfamiliarity in general is a hurdle. Clojure is unfamiliar in a multitude of ways and it takes some effort to realize how all these things Clojure is different in actually have great synergies.
- crispinb 7y agoYes no doubt unfamiliarity (beyond the syntax trivia) is of course a barrier. How much of one it is depends on many things. The closer someone is to the 'curious' end of the pragmatic <-> curious learning spectrum, the less of a problem it is (indeed it might be an attractant).