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Re:State of Clojure Survey 2019 Analysis by goatlover on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:28PM (#19100750)
Why not just start at the REPL or with a Notebook? Having an interactive environment seems like it would be easier to learn the language. Then they can move to a code editor when they're ready for writing more complex programs.

It's this sort of thing that probably drives the likes of Alan Kay crazy when even learning a language isn't interactive by default.

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Re:State of Clojure Survey 2019 Analysis by WillPostForFood on Thursday February 07, 2019 @12:04AM (#19103139)
I agree, but there is also something conceptually useful in learning early that a program is code saved in a text container that is then either compiled or interpreted.
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