Thank you for your insight Andy :-) Interesting question Bruce.
-- Pierre Masci On 19 July 2014 16:49, Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have to defer that question to someone who makes decisions > regarding what goes into Clojure/ClojureScript, and what does not. > > Of course, anyone else is free to create libraries that try to make > portability between those two platforms easier. Perhaps someone has > already taken a go at creating such a thing? I haven't used ClojureScript > myself yet, so haven't looked for anything in that area. > > Andy > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Bruce Durling <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Andy, >> >> How much of this reasoning do you think changes when we starting >> thinking about being hosted on multiple platforms (I'm thinking >> specifically clojure/clojurescript and cljx)? >> >> cheers, >> Bruce >> >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Andy Fingerhut >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Pierre: >> > >> > I maintain the cheatsheet, and I put .indexOf and .lastIndexOf on there >> > since they are probably the most common thing I saw asked about that is >> in >> > the Java API but not the Clojure API, for strings. There are also >> links to >> > whole Java classes and their entire API, e.g. for file I/O, for which >> there >> > is no Clojure equivalent, since file I/O is a common need. Clojure is >> meant >> > to be a hosted language, not hiding its host platform, but making it >> easily >> > callable. >> > >> > If there are entire Java classes that meet very common needs that aren't >> > mentioned on the cheatsheet, I would consider adding links to their >> > documentation pages. I don't want to fill up the cheatsheet with many >> > individual Java methods, though. >> > >> > As for why there are not Clojure equivalents of particular Java API >> methods, >> > I think the reasoning might be similar (it has likely been discussed >> > publicly, but I don't have a link handy) -- don't create a large number >> of >> > Clojure functions that do nothing more than what the equivalent Java >> APIs >> > do. >> > >> > Andy >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Pierre Masci <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all, just nit picking about Clojure's String API. >> >> >> >> I've been comparing it with Java's, and I noticed that (not >> surprisingly) >> >> they are very similar. >> >> There are just 2-3 functions that exist in Java but don't have an >> >> equivalent in Clojure. I was wondering if they could be worth adding to >> >> clojure.string : >> >> >> >> (.indexOf s "c") and (.lastIndexOf "c") >> >> >> >> (.startsWith s "danc") and (.endsWith s "ing") >> >> >> >> (.charAt s 5) >> >> same as (get s 5) but expresses a clearer intent. It's less general >> >> than (get) though as it only applies to Strings, so that might be >> >> unnecessary sugar. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> .indexOf and .lastIndexOf are indicated in the Clojure Cheatsheet, >> maybe >> >> .startsWith and .endsWith also deserve to be mentioned there? >> >> >> >> I've been wondering why some functions have been ported, like >> (lower-case) >> >> for (.toLowerCase), but not the ones mentioned above. >> >> >> >> I told you it was nit picking (^c^) Clojure's API is awesome as it is. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> >> --- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "Clojure" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Clojure" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> @otfrom | CTO & co-founder @MastodonC | mastodonc.com >> See recent coverage of us in the Economist http://econ.st/WeTd2i and >> the Financial Times http://on.ft.com/T154BA >> >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/MzsfBo7Vkjg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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