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I think it's time for you to get out of Javaland and try a functional language. Maybe give Clojure a shot if you want to stick with a JVM language. I think you'

by kyllo 12y ago

I think it's time for you to get out of Javaland and try a functional language. Maybe give Clojure a shot if you want to stick with a JVM language. I think you'll find that the frameworks and patterns aren't even necessary.

rubiquity 12y ago
This. I wouldn't even just call it Javaland though, the Ruby world is like this now too. My favorite part about my journey into functional programming so far has been that I don't need to stay up to date on whatever the talking heads of OOP are preaching these days. Seriously, give functional programming a shot. It isn't as scary or esoteric as you might think.