On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > When exactly did people start expecting Clojure to be as fast as Java > and/or Scala? > > I seem to recall in one of the original Clojure videos, Rich talked > about the relationship between Clojure and Java. There's a long > history of C programmers dropping down to assembly, Python programmers > dropping down to C, and so on. He explained that Java was Clojure's > "assembly". You use Clojure to write the logic that is too complex to > code compactly in Java. You write Java to code the low-level bits you > can't do in Clojure.
I've actually been thinking of learning scala to have something to "drop down to" when clojure isn't fast enough. Anyone have experience with this? martin -- 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
