On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > It's not hard to think up the likely objections from a lot of people, > too, and why they'd be looking for something new: ... > Python: poor performance > > Javascript: interpreted, so slow; "isn't this just for adding annoying > ads to web pages"?; "I turn that shit off in my browser, why would I > want to actually write the stuff?" :)
For what it's worth, the story is changing on both of these. See V8 and PyPy. I agree these still hold as common objections, but the facts argue the perception now. http://arewefastyet.com/old-awfy.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DtlBC_Zbq4 -- 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
