I think the article is a bit misleading. Variants were never that popular in Clojure. Infact I've never seen them used in production code or the most common Clojure libraries. So I'm a bit perplexed as to why the article recommends them so strongly.
So I think the answer is, they are a fun thought experiment in Clojure, but are of limited usefulness due to the tools we have available that make them unneeded. It's a bit like recommending that new users use actors in Clojure. Sure, you can shoehorn them in, but there's a reason why they aren't the default. -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
