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Clojure is going to provide the true test to see if CL and Scheme's failure to take over the world is due to inherent problems with lisp or just inertia due to
by gfodor 15y ago
Clojure is going to provide the true test to see if CL and Scheme's failure to take over the world is due to inherent problems with lisp or just inertia due to lack of 3rd party library support.
With startups like BackType and FlightCaster getting acquired, it's a positive sign.
- SkyMarshal 15y agoI'm looking forward to seeing how Clojure improves with invokedynamic in Java 7, and lambdas and closures in Java 8. Hope the ramp to maturity for a Java 8-based Clojure is a quick one.
- mtraven 15y agoThere have been Common Lisp and Scheme implementations in the JVM for ages (Kawa, ABCL, and many others -- I wrote one myself called Skij). It's not clear to me why Clojure took off when those others didn't. But if reinventing Lisp is what it takes for Lisp to get traction, I'm for it despite my CL roots.