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Re:The Axis Of Eval: Why I ignore Clojure by kylecordes on Monday September 20, 2010 @10:05AM (#1708826)
I am not really sure whether this is an interesting critique from a broader Lisp perspective, or a stunningly epic troll to get traffic by enraging Clojure folks.

From my point of view:

* Other LISPs I have tried are not very amenable to practical usage in a modern software ecosystem. Not impossible, just a difficult fit. Could this be fixed? Sure. Why hasn't it been fixed? No idea.

* Clojure is a very practical LISP today, which drops very easily in to a modern software ecosystem.

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Re:The Axis Of Eval: Why I ignore Clojure by fogus on Monday September 20, 2010 @12:10PM (#1709325)
> or a stunningly epic troll to get traffic by enraging Clojure folks.

You'll be forever wanting if your goal for website traffic revolves around enraging Clojurians. First of all, there are not enough of us (yet), and second we tend not to get drawn into these types of arguments. I guess we're too busy trying to build a great programming language. ;-)

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