i wonder if others would think it'd be interesting to integrate clojure with http://jamvm.sourceforge.net/
... maybe fork the project so that running a clj file feels exactly like running a py file ... embed the jvm in an exe. Maybe others like the fact that it works on top of any jvm, but I think it increases the bar for getting non-java newbies. Not everyone wants to have to install a large jvm from sun and write start up scripts before they can get started. 2009/4/17 e <evier...@gmail.com> > it was kind of annoying, at first, to have to type up the startup script > myself from the "getting started" wiki page (or cut-n-paste). Seemed like > it should have come with the download, but once I dedicated some time to it, > it was ok. Netbeans plugin, I think, was a good substitute when I just > wanted to dive in, but then I didn't really get what was going on, per se. > In the end, I now think it was good to walk through the getting started > page. It's like clojure comes as a "kit car". Then when you are driving > it, you have a better chance of having some idea how to pop the hood and > tinker. > > On the other hand, I don't think this would appeal to potential python > converts who can install python, and five seconds later, and two lines of > code learn how to write a script to untar/unzip a file. In that particular > case I think it was awesome that there was such an easy work-around to > windows not coming with a way to untar/unzip out of the box. Easier to > install python and do it than any other solution, I found. No admin rights > needed, no separate jvm/jdk/IDE download, etc. > > 2009/4/17 Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> > > >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Marko Kocić <marko.ko...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I have seen various scripts to start clojure in the net. Everyone >> > seems to have its favourite, even contrib has one. Also, there are a >> > lot of questions what is the "bestest" way to invoke clojure, how to >> > start REPL, how to run script, compile file, should it be used with >> > server or client VM. >> > >> > Do you think it would be benefitial to have such script included as >> > part of standard clojure? >> >> I think this would be beneficial, especially for beginners. >> >> -- >> R. Mark Volkmann >> Object Computing, Inc. >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
