Re:Ask HN: Going to Grad School, which language/framework sh...
by dpritchett on Wednesday March 31, 2010 @02:22PM
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Clojure:
- Functional programming is sufficiently different from C# to expand your mind in a good way. New paradigms will make you a better programmer even if you stick with C# in the end.
- Open source foundations allow you to get all the tools you need for free.
- Java interoperability gives you access to libraries you'll need for specialized projects.
- Clojure is growing and has an excellent community on Google Groups and on Freenode IRC.
- Functional programming is sufficiently different from C# to expand your mind in a good way. New paradigms will make you a better programmer even if you stick with C# in the end.
- Open source foundations allow you to get all the tools you need for free.
- Java interoperability gives you access to libraries you'll need for specialized projects.
- Clojure is growing and has an excellent community on Google Groups and on Freenode IRC.
http://clojure.org/