On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 12:42:09 +0100
Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Santosh Rajan <santra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would really like to see Clojure work on android the same way.
>
> Hi,
>
> I can hardly explain it myself and that's why I'm asking others
> whenever I stumble upon such a statement. Bear with my ignorance. I'm
> simply curious.
>
> Why is that important to you? I believe you can use Clojure as a Java
> library right now without much worries, can't you? Is merely Clojure's
> syntax so appealing?
No, its more having a REPL available, so that you can:
1) It makes a nice programmable calculator for mobile devices.
2) I can test out an idea when I have it, rather than having to make a
note of it and test it when I'm back at my desk.
3) I can answer mail asking questions about clojure and provided
checked answers while on the go, rather than wait until I'm back at
my desk.
4) I can do development on all aspects of a clojure application that's
going to run on android on the device.
And of course:
5) Java is that unappealing.
Admittedly, there are other good solutions for some of these, and
others you'd only want to do under extreme conditions - or with an
android tablet - but still, they do add up.
<mike
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