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Should we take a bet on that? I say that with no extra framework coming up that utilizes clojure, clojure will forever remain a small niche product.
by markessien 18y ago
Should we take a bet on that? I say that with no extra framework coming up that utilizes clojure, clojure will forever remain a small niche product.
- gaius 18y agoFrameworks are big in Java-land because you need an enormous amount of scaffolding to make any non-trivial application work. That's less true in other languages. Libraries and interoperability with other languages are more important, and where LISP has traditionally suffered. Clojure has a lot of potential, but there are a lot of languages poised in the wings right now, all jockeying to be the next big thing. F# for example is functional (it's descended from OCaml) and has full access to the .NET libraries, which are as comprehensive as Java's, and has the backing of a major vendor. Now if Sun were to pick up Clojure and make it the official functional language on the Java platform, that would be something.
- chollida1 18y ago> Should we take a bet on that? I say that with no extra framework coming up that utilizes clojure, clojure will forever remain a small niche product. I'm not sure how Clojure will play out but remember it's only a few years old. You could have said the same thing about Ruby in 1997.
- arohner 18y agoClojure's first birthday was just a few weeks ago.
- whacked_new 18y agoI take your bet.
- markessien 18y agoAlright, find me in a few years and claim the reward.