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The author marked Clojure as a "dying language". I'd be interested to find out the metric by which this is true. In my experience, it is very much alive and thr
by nathell 6y ago
The author marked Clojure as a "dying language". I'd be interested to find out the metric by which this is true. In my experience, it is very much alive and thriving.
- jolux 6y agoIs the language community net growing or shrinking though? A language can be very alive and still not be experiencing tremendous growth.
- nur0n 6y agoCan you elaborate on your experience? I have great respect for Rich Hickey and I recently saw a cool talk about a financial startup using Clojure in production [1]. I have kept track of the language for some time but have never had the chance to use it in any serious capacity. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnediEWRuyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnediEWRuyI
- jolux 6y agoI think it’s a great language and a good community but I think some of the opposition to static types from Rich Hickey at the top is silly and I also find it genuinely harder to use languages which aren’t gaining wider traction after being around for over ten years.