Re:Rich Hickey stops Clojure funding appeal from 2011 onwards
by huwigs on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @04:01PM
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As a longtime Lisp observer, I can't say that I've ever seen Jon Harrop conduct himself as a "heavyweight" in forums unrelated to OCaml, Mathematica, or F#.
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Re:Rich Hickey stops Clojure funding appeal from 2011 onwards
by zaph0d on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @01:27AM
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The Jon Harrop who used to hang out on the Clojure list is not the same as Dr. John Harrop who used to advocate F#, OCaml, etc.
I asked him and he said "no relation".
Re:Rich Hickey stops Clojure funding appeal from 2011 onwards
by lispm on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:12AM
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Not really: Jon Harrop is the troll and John Harrop probably not.
Re:Rich Hickey stops Clojure funding appeal from 2011 onwards
by masterponomo on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @08:05AM
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Ah, my mistake, I didn't notice the difference in name spelling. It was indeed John Harrop, not Jon Harrop, who appeared to vanish from Clojure after the licensing discussion. I should have made my point without reference to individuals.
Re:Rich Hickey stops Clojure funding appeal from 2011 onwards
by masterponomo on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @06:34PM
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"heavyweight" was my opinion of him based on his education, demonstrated ability, and publications, not anything to do with his way of representing himself. I found his comments very interesting, informed as they were by his extensive work in other languages.