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Re:SICP in Clojure by yati on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @08:36AM (#10040501)
While I've learned a lot from Norvig's posts, he tends to write Python code that many wouldn't consider "Pythonic" :)
Re:SICP in Clojure by ww2 on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @11:24AM (#10041716)
That is just the point, you dont have to limit yourself to "Pythonic". your style can be language agnostic.
Re:SICP in Clojure by erichmond on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @11:40AM (#10041861)
I agree with you in spirit, but that's actually easier said then done in a professional environment.

One of the things that dissuaded me from ruby was the idioms that have surfaced recently. I was tired of submitting pull requests, only to have people tell me there was a "more idiomatic way" to do things, then rewriting things in a way I felt was less clear then what I had originally written.

My solution to that problem was to find a community who's idiomatic ideals more coincided with mine (which happens to be clojure), but I understand not everyone has that sort of luxury.