I am a physicist by training and practice, this means that I am an expert on Fortran 95. To say my exposure to Java is minimal would be generous. And until last year when I heard about Clojure from a friend, I thought LISP was a speech impediment.
Setting up Clojure was a MAJOR problem for me, what with getting path's and classpaths right. (Figuring out what a classpath is was a challenge.) If it wasn't for the very patient help of a CS friend of mine, I would not have figured it out. I think the documentation assumes that the user is comfortable with Java. I feel like I am being asked to learn Java so that I can learn Clojure. I am now an avid Clojure user, but there really does need to be better descriptions of how to set Clojure up on the website. On Mar 21, 4:37 pm, Quzanti <quza...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Reading his post I got the impression he was a bit of an egocentric (a > bit more information about himself than was relevant), those sorts > tend to overreact. > > However I can imagine the whole just bung the jar file on your > classpath thing wouldn't make much sense for a java newbie. It may > highlight the need for some special 'getting started' documentation > for Lisp programmers who have never used java, which I understand to > be one target audience of clojure. > > > > > > > I don't understand the complaints about installing Clojure. As far as I know > > there's nothing required to 'install' Clojure beyond downloading the > > clojure.jar, other than I guess having a working Java installation. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
