On Dec 11, 7:06 am, Alex Burka <zapper3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To the debate on whether there should be examples early in the text,
> here are my two cents:
>
> When I click on something called "Learning [programming language]" I
> like to see a representative example of the syntax early on. If
> there's just text as far as the eye can see (that is, the first
> screen) it is off-putting for some reason. After all, it is a
> programming language.
>
Hi,
I've discovered Clojure recently, and so I guess I'm part of the
target audience for such a document :-)
I must say I agree with Alex: I would really like to see code
examples.
>From the title, I had expected a step by step tutorial for building my
first Clojure program.
I find your documentation *very* interesting but I filed it under
'Understanding Clojure' ;-)
Raph
> Alex
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Timothy Pratley wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Brian,
>
> >> Rich talks about destructuring in the part about "let" on the
> >> "special
> >> forms" page.
>
> > Ah indeed, thanks for pointing that out :)
>
> >> If you have any examples to add, please add them yourself (it is a
> >> wiki
> >> page).
>
> > You've given some really good reasons why I shouldn't mess with it
> > *chuckle* so I'm getting mixed messages. If you do want me to add
> > example link, I'm happy to do that but for now I'm assuming you'd
> > prefer it left as is :)
>
> >> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> > You are most welcome.
>
> > Regards,
> > Tim.
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