On Aug 30, 2:24 am, Dan Fichter <daniel.fich...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Clojure version is more concise and radically safer but a little more > conceptually packed. Is it worth your trouble?
Being primarily a Python programmer, I can say that the first thing my co-workers would say is that Clojure isn't as readable as Python is. And I think that there's some validity to this. Python is (in my opinion) one of the most readable languages ever invented. For example, consider these two snippets: [Clojure] (if x (foo y) (bar y)) [Python] if x: foo(y) else: bar(y) The Python version reads like english whereas the Clojure version doesn't. Now, I'm sure that there are plenty of people here that will find the Clojure version more readable, but that's not really the point. Your co-workers are likely to lean more towards my way of thinking than they are to theirs. One thing that was really eye-opening to me was Paul Graham's statement that in writing on Lisp, you're literally writing the language before you write the program. The implication to me was that if Lisp isn't readable, it's your fault. :-) So here's what I would do. I would say something more along the lines of "Here's the Python version and here's the Clojure version. The Clojure version has the following advantages... BUT if you're still attached to the Python version, here's how you can write the Python version in Lisp." Granted, I don't know if this is possible most of the time, but surely there are a few cases where this would be easy to do. To me, this is a much better approach than trying to say "Clojure's going to force you to think in a totally different way." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
