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I shelled out $250 for Rick. It won't feed his family for long but I'm only one guy and it's absolutely worth it. Clojure is the most exciting environment I've

by yason 17y ago

I shelled out $250 for Rick. It won't feed his family for long but I'm only one guy and it's absolutely worth it. Clojure is the most exciting environment I've used for years. I've spent most of this year learning to write and actually writing non-trivial programs in Clojure. It's been a fun ride, the best one for years! With Clojure programming becomes, instead of fighting small but bugging issues with the system, following your curiosity instead.

albertcardona 17y ago
I shelled out $100 a while ago, after arguing with Rich over IRC that a donation system would be a good idea. He setup the sourceforge donation (now there's a different one) and on it went. I guess my insistence helped him take a decision that I am sure he had been considering for some time. Rich was spending way too much time on clojure, but he wasn't making a living at all out of it. Just from what Clojure has taught me on concurrency and time management, it's been worth every dollar. I wish I was a company and I could dip my hands into deeper pockets. [EDIT: Rick/Rich ... there are too many Rick/Rich in my life. Thanks for the notice.]
- swannodette 17y ago
  Just a niggling point but will people stop writing Rick, it's Rich ;)
ericlavigne 17y ago
After donating, I added the following paragraph to the bottom of all my Clojure-related articles. Hopefully it will encourage others to donate as well. I donated $100 so that Rich Hickey can continue working full-time to make Clojure even better. You should read more <a href=" http://clojure.org/funding http://clojure.org/funding ">here</a> and click the "donate" button at the bottom of that page. http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/compojure-on-a-slicehost-vps/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/compojure-on-a-s... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/using-postgresql-with-compojure/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/using-postgresql... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/compojure-security-authentication-and-authorization/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/compojure-securi... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/clojure-presentation-at-gatorjug/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/clojure-presenta...

by yason 17y ago

albertcardona 17y ago

I shelled out $100 a while ago, after arguing with Rich over IRC that a donation system would be a good idea. He setup the sourceforge donation (now there's a different one) and on it went. I guess my insistence helped him take a decision that I am sure he had been considering for some time. Rich was spending way too much time on clojure, but he wasn't making a living at all out of it. Just from what Clojure has taught me on concurrency and time management, it's been worth every dollar. I wish I was a company and I could dip my hands into deeper pockets. [EDIT: Rick/Rich ... there are too many Rick/Rich in my life. Thanks for the notice.]

swannodette 17y ago
Just a niggling point but will people stop writing Rick, it's Rich ;)

ericlavigne 17y ago

After donating, I added the following paragraph to the bottom of all my Clojure-related articles. Hopefully it will encourage others to donate as well. I donated $100 so that Rich Hickey can continue working full-time to make Clojure even better. You should read more <a href=" http://clojure.org/funding http://clojure.org/funding ">here</a> and click the "donate" button at the bottom of that page. http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/compojure-on-a-slicehost-vps/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/compojure-on-a-s... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/using-postgresql-with-compojure/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/using-postgresql... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/compojure-security-authentication-and-authorization/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/compojure-securi... http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/clojure-presentation-at-gatorjug/#donate http://ericlavigne.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/clojure-presenta...