Re:State of Clojure 2020
by fishmaster on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:43AM
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> Today, if I'd need jvm, I'll simply take modern Java.
100% Kotlin. Doesn't even have to be Clojure or ABCL.
100% Kotlin. Doesn't even have to be Clojure or ABCL.
We have one 100k loc project in Clojure and one 500k in OCaml and I would choose OCaml over Clojure any time any day. I really like that things don't brake accidentally when somebody changes code, and the amount of tests you need to write are orders of magnitude smaller.
> OCaml still struggling to get any recognition in the industry
So does Clojure. Both are extremely niche below the radar languages, so it's not a dichotomy really.
There is a dichotomy of choosing OCaml or Java/C#, but Clojure would be on OCaml's side of things here.
Today, if I'd need jvm, I'll simply take modern Java.
> despite all attempts from a few good players
The few players we have (JS, Facebook, LexFi, Citrix, unis) are doing well enough producing enormous amount of high quality libraries. At least in the domains of system programming OCaml is tightly packed with all sorts of batteries.