On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:26 AM, cej38 <junkerme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > Amen! I can understand why this was the initial road to get functionality going quickly, but I hope this goes away. > 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@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. > -- 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.
