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Re:Why use Clojure? by phren0logy on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @01:37PM (#6960545)
To address one of your points, I've found it much easier to get a complex line of clojure code working since I started using the InstaREPL in LightTable.

It shows the REPL output of each line of code as you write it, which is spectacularly handy.

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Re:Why use Clojure? by DigitalJack on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @01:56PM (#6960609)
LightTable is nice, and I eagerly await some stability. But I somehow foobar my session and have to restart the repl all the time. Slow as hell.

Not to mention, LightTable started out as something special and morphed into something mundane. I have high hopes that it was just organiziation and the cool shit we saw at the begining will come back via plugins, but right now it's just not there compared to vim or emacs.

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Re:Why use Clojure? by lowboy on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @02:53PM (#6960859)
Care to explain about LightTable starting special and morphing into the mundane? I've checked out a few versions along the development cycle and I wouldn't say that's the case.

Also, it's not "foobar", but FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Reason/Repair.

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Re:Why use Clojure? by DigitalJack on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @03:59PM (#6961108)
Go look at early versions. The concept of files was secondary for example. Program flow meant something. Not it's just a text editor. I am hopeful big changes are coming though.
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Re:Why use Clojure? by jamii on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @08:09PM (#6961805)
They are :)
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