On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Daniel Gagnon <[email protected]> wrote .. > > I spoke to the guys on reddit. They said it is tongue-in-cheek. > > > They have no knowledge of functional programming > > ??? > > > but strongly feel it isn't suited to their field. > > ??????????? > > Isn't this a bit contradictory ? It's ok to follow your own gut feeling but > it needs to be supported somehow by tangible facts. > > At least we laughed about it. > > Luc P. > > Absolutely. On the other hand, the target market of their language is large corporations that wouldn't touch lisp for social reasons (has to be classically object oriented or else it won't be considered) so to them not being a lisp is a feature but it doesn't really excuse dissing it while only knowing the wikipedia summary of functional languages. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
