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Re:Thank You, Guido by adamkl on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:34PM (#21399560)
As I get older and crankier I find simplicity and stability become a lot more interesting than reinventing the same wheels over and over again.

This is probably why I’ve come to appreciate Rich Hickey’s talks more and more as years go by.

I think Clojure is a good fit when it comes to stability as per their own development guidelines [1]:

The Clojure development team values a measured and thoughtful approach to language evolution with a strong emphasis on maintaining backward compatibility.

[1] https://clojure.org/dev/dev

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Re:Thank You, Guido by finalfantasia on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @03:40PM (#21401675)
To anyone who's interested in this topic, I strongly recommend this talk from Rich Hickey about "giving something to somebody that they can use and making a commitment": Spec-ulation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyLBGkS5ICk)
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