Hi guys. First off, love Clojure and it has been a hobby of mine for several years. When first learning Clojure, one thing I didn't like, was the ability to actually change a Var at any point in time. Either through several def/defn's pointing to the same namespace/symbol or by something like alter-var-root. I kind of accepted it, it is a nice dynamic feature of Clojure, but still it feels somewhat weird and in contrast to (mostly) everything else being immutable.
Yesterday I was doing Clojure Koans with a friend who really wanted to learn Clojure. When he first understood the mutable nature of Vars, he was really turned off by it. I could actually see his disappointment. He asked me what the rationale for this was, and I was not able to tell him. So, long story short, why are namespaces in Clojure mutable? What is the rationale behind this? The next time someone asks me, I would like to be prepared :) Cheers, Alf -- 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
