I guess you should emphasize it's Lisp thus it has unbelievable long term compressibility of code thanks to macros and metaprogramming. However, it's still 1st class JVM citizen so seamlessly integrable with Java EE technologies and that other java stuff running today.
It's exactly the reason I like Clojure. On 10/10/08, estherschindler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm doing an article for CIO.com on "5 [or whatever] languages that > ought to be on your [IT Manager's] radar," and I'd like to include > Clojure. I'm looking for a short statement on why it's useful, and why > the boss ought to let you use it for enterprise work. Any takers? > > This is meant to be a short-and-sweet article: just its name, URL, a > quick formal definition, and then one or two quotes from developers > about why they think it's valuable. Imagine that you're trying to > convince someone's boss to let you use it. What would you say? > > (This is a follow-up to > > http://www.cio.com/article/446829/PHP_JavaScript_Ruby_Perl_Python_and_Tcl_Today_The_State_of_the_Scripting_Universe > in case you care. Some folks pointed out that a few "obvious" > languages should have been included. I'm happy to comply.) > > --Esther Schindler > senior online editor, CIO.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
