Jump on in! Just like with swimming the cold soon goes away. I found that without types it was mentally taxing to understand many function description. Something that helped me was collecting examples for functions as I came across them: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/Examples/API_Examples
On Mar 10, 4:16 pm, zoltar <cur...@stanfordcomputing.com> wrote: > Hey everyone. I've been keeping up with developments in Clojure for a > few months now and have a question for all you long-time static typers > out there (I know you're there :) > > I really like what I read about Clojure and LISP in general and can > see the potential for great power and flexibility. I know the > advantages/disadvantages of static vs dynamic languages but I can't > help feeling like I'm losing something whenever I try Clojure. I am > admittedly brainwashed after years of C, C++ and Java but I miss the > warm fuzzies when I know the compiler has checked all the types for me > and I don't have to worry about a whole class of run-time errors. I'm > willing to give that up for the advantages Clojure gives me but I was > wondering how others have dealt with the loss of these static warm > fuzzies. I always feel a bit lost in Clojure, not knowing what types a > function expects or what it will return. I suppose this goes away in > time but any advice is appreciated. > > Curtis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
