On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Jeremy Dunck <jdu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
Yes, I know. In my opinion, the objections to JS and to Erlang that I named are illegitimate (besides performance as an objection to JS, anyway); but they're likely to reflect common perception and knee-jerk reactions, too, and it is upon this fact that I was remarking. Python's major weakness, in this multicore age, is the global interpreter lock -- has there been any progress on creating a viable Python breed that has true concurrency? -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- 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
