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Re:A Clojure learning journey by platz on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:41PM (#16415147)
> Lots and lots of tweaks and knobs and dials

This is the case with all big-tent, "community-driven" PLs that have a high expressiveness, and attract contributors that have a multitude of preferences: Ruby, Javascript, Scala, Clojure, Haskell, Racket

Alternatively, are the 'prescriptive' cultures, that tend to select for predictability and high cohesion: C#, Elm, Go, Python (circa-2007).

Re:A Clojure learning journey by ajmurmann on Monday February 19, 2018 @08:39PM (#16417231)
It's interesting to see Ruby in there. The language definitely tries to cater to everyone's taste and offers a ton of ways to do the same thing. The community though seems a little more opinionated though. Everyone is set on bundler for example. There are really only two big testing frameworks that compete and the have very different goals etc.
Re:A Clojure learning journey by jxub on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:53PM (#16415232)
It would be interesting to study the MBTI psyche types in each of the major language communities.
Re:A Clojure learning journey by sk5t on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:56PM (#16417507)
Would it be fair to say phrenological study of the same groups might be similarly interesting?
Re:A Clojure learning journey by platz on Monday February 19, 2018 @10:15PM (#16417575)
No.