We have a complex messaging app in prod since Jan. 2009. It's 24x7 and fully redundant. The high level functions are all in Clojure and we are moving away from Java low level code written in the early days.
I have been writing complex software for 30 years now. I found a way to decide what tools I want to use in my professional life and I assume my decisions. Of course firing myself would be hard (I own a significant chunk of the company) but I get feedback about my decisions through our customers. Up to now it's been pretty good, the app stays up and we can add new functions in it much more faster than anyone of their suppliers. You remind of an era where managers would choose to buy IBM products because "you could not get fired if you choose IBM". It has nothing to do with a sound solution selection process. It's a lemming behavior that may lead us eventually to this type of software solution: http://www.dinosoria.com/archeologie/cuneiforme.jpg The "industry" need people to create high quality tools like Clojure. This is a safeguard mechanism to let people know that the "industry" does not detain the ultimate "Truth" and that better alternatives exists. On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 01:29:21 -0700 (PDT) MarkH <markhanif...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a tech lead or architect you should be fired for even suggesting to > use Clojure as an enterprise greenfield. Industry and academia is > moving towards advanced type systems. Nobody in industry seriously > considers Clojure for enterprise systems. -- Luc P. ================ The rabid Muppet -- 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
