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Re:Clojure Error Messages Are Accidental by rboyd on Saturday June 30, 2018 @05:00PM (#17432709)
Which part do you disagree with? Are you commonly blocked by Clojure errors where you have to stop and spend a material amount of time deciphering them?

Nowhere have I said that if you see an error message you don't know how to program.

I face errors every day, but I don't face errors that are so cryptic that they block my productivity. We agree errors are useful even if we disagree that Clojure's errors are bad.

I did find the errors very confusing when I was getting started, but I think that was because the errors use Clojure terminology that I had not yet learned.

Re:Clojure Error Messages Are Accidental by noxecanexx on Sunday July 01, 2018 @04:51PM (#17437491)
> Nowhere have I said that if you see an error message you don't know how to program.

> making it approachable and stooping to the lowest common denominator.

> We agree errors are useful even if we disagree that Clojure's errors are bad.

I would assume that you disagree with the article then, in which case I can't make any other point to emphasize that