> who act like Rich Hickey was God's gift to programming This is a typical cult pattern: the “esteemed leader” who is godlike perfect and can do no wrong. Havi

> who act like Rich Hickey was God's gift to programming This is a typical cult pattern: the “esteemed leader” who is godlike perfect and can do no wrong. Having said that, in all fairness, Rich Hickey is a great presenter and I learned a lot about functional programming from watching his talks. I completely disagree with him on types but still learned a lot.