4 ms·
I like Clojure, but I never had any good opportunities to use it other than for a few small hobby projects. It is unfortunate that it is so huge with tons of de
by livrem 3y ago
I like Clojure, but I never had any good opportunities to use it other than for a few small hobby projects. It is unfortunate that it is so huge with tons of dependencies and no simpler native implementation. I started looking at various LISPs and Schemes to find something lighter to use instead and ended up settling for Janet that I think is Clojure-like enough to be comfortable to use, but in a small native binary with no dependencies and can be embedded in other native programs. I am sure for big, real, projects that Clojure makes more sense, but for my hobby projects and scripts I do not think I will install it again. I am still happy for the things I learned from learning Clojure. It was a real eye-opener for an old OO-programmer.
https://janet-lang.org/ https://janet-lang.org/
- sokoloff 3y agoMy initial experience as a low-time Clojure programmer* is that the language feels rather small and tidy (in a good way). Not as small as Scheme, but still very easy to learn the entire syntax and the native data types. * - More than half of my time with Clojure has been with Advent of Code challenges the last 3 years, so I'm in the ~250 hour club.