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Re:Where Lisp Fits by agentultra on Monday February 03, 2014 @06:45PM (#7174414)
And yet it's trivial to write a highly multithreaded application with STM in most CL implementations today.

If Clojure was less inclined to differentiate itself from other Lisps and co-opting the future of the language I believe there'd be far less zealotry on both sides of the fence. IMO Clojure is just fine. I don't see the reason why it needs to persist CL FUD in order to make its case. They're both very practical implementations of Lisp after all.

Re:Where Lisp Fits by Mikera on Monday February 03, 2014 @08:14PM (#7174825)
FWIW, I've been in the Clojure community for a few years and see almost zero FUD about Common Lisp. The atmosphere in the Clojure community is much more about pragmatism than zealotry.

Mostly, I see a healthy respect for other Lisps and a recognition that learning from traditions is a good way to build good things for the future.

Re:Where Lisp Fits by sdegutis on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @01:44AM (#7175884)
Being in the Clojure myself, I'd say the aforementioned "healthy respect" and "pragmatism" come from the fact that we all probably have migrated through at least a few languages before ending up at Clojure, which gives us a sense of perspective that keeps most of the zeal away.