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One could say the same for a plethora of programming languages some research is needed and we don't have to resort to extreme cases. Out of the top of my head:
by NotPhysicsPhd 6y ago
One could say the same for a plethora of programming languages some research is needed and we don't have to resort to extreme cases.
Out of the top of my head:
- There is the Python 2.7/3.X situation still going on, then there are the several distributions of python.
- GNU's R has a similar problem
- Installing gcc on windows was (perhaps still is) a confusing mess for a newcomer.
IMO I did not find installing clojure any harder than installing Scala for instance, and yet I have never heard (anecdotal, I know) complaining about Scala.
- ptato 6y agothe comparison was to Janet, not Python, R, C or Scala
- fluffything 6y agoThe user above mentioned that for _them_ the installation experience of a programming language matters a lot, and that they found the installation experience of Janet superior to Clojure. You might not share that users preference of caring about the installation experience of a PL, but arguing that this user's preference is somehow unfair because many other languages also have bad installation experiences makes absolutely no sense.
- 7thaccount 6y agoIsn't GCC on Windows just unzipping a zip file and adding that location to path?