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Re:REBL by Scarbutt on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:22AM (#35513409)
The only reason real reasons you would want to use Clojure over Python are if you need to work/leverage the Java ecosystem and you want a real multithreaded runtime (no GIL).
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Re:REBL by pharmakom on Monday April 10, 2023 @11:54AM (#35513785)
The language itself is better at expressing complex domains than Python.
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Re:REBL by johannboehme on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @05:00AM (#35522573)
or when you want immutablity and a functional programming style. or if you prefer manipulating lisp ast instead of wrestling indentation. or if you need somewhat decent performance, or if you need somewhat decent multithreading, etc etc..
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