On Dec 2, 12:43 pm, Jim Weirich <jim.weir...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:36 PM, ataggart wrote: > > > If by "koan" you mean usage examples, then there are plenty of them > > within the clojure source itself, as well as clojure-contrib. > > The Koans are more than "just" examples. They are designed to > demonstrate one concept at a time and are arranged so that each > example builds on the previous ones. > > > Leave it to rubyists to turn a simple concept like examples into some > > religious indoctrination. I kid! > > Actually, the Ruby Koans were very much inspired by the question/ > answer style of the "Little Lisper". So now it has come full circle > back to the Lisp world. >
Would you recommend the "Little Lisper" today (assuming you've read it) and have it be application enough to Clojure that it would be worth reading? > At one point in time I was considering putting together a set of > Clojure koans, but got sidetracked with the SICP study. I discovered I > can't learn Scheme and learn Clojure at the same time, so Clojure > Koans are on hold for the moment. If anyone wants to run with the > idea, feel free. > The Ruby Koans were really fun to go through and I always recommend it to people new to Ruby. And BTW, I was pleasantly surprised to see you respond to this post. I don't know if you recall our conversation (I'm who drove you around Oahu while you were in town for Aloha on Rails :)), but our Emacs talk really got me motivated and using Emacs full time which got me interested in Lisps which brought me to Clojure! So thanks for the inspiring talk! -Matt > -- > -- Jim Weirich > -- jim.weir...@gmail.com -- 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
