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I just picked up clojure as a hobby project outside of work and I’m enjoying the language in general so far. I have to say that reading this rant gives me a bi

• stingraycharles 4y ago
  Clojure, the language, and Rich Hickey, the vision, have had a tremendous impact on my programming career. Transformations of data as the primary building block for writing code was such an enlightenment. I absolutely encourage you to continue your endeavor of learning Clojure, as it’s almost guaranteed to be a net positive. It’s just the stewardship of the language that is my biggest problem. It’s very anti-community (as evidenced by this rant), and in general there is a tendency of “elitist” mentality the more you get into the core community. If you’re able to ignore all that, and just do your own thing, you’ll be fine.
  • tsuujin 4y ago
    Well, I managed it with the Emacs community, so I guess I can do the same here lol.
• moomin 4y ago
  It’s an interesting road, and I like Clojure plenty, but ultimately it’s a cul-de-sac. And the reason it’s a cul-de-sac is pretty heavily laid out by the original post.