If longevity is your top most concern, I have a suggestion here: http://www.itarchitectforumblog.com/content/application_development/cobol_dead_language_rising.html
And if you do not think it's all around us: http://itsacobolworld.blogspot.ca/?m=1 This thing has been alive and kicking since the 60s and has it seems a bright future. However, do not expect to do anything significant under 15000 locs per code units (aka namespace) or to become functional any time soon :))) Life is made of compromises... Luc P. > If you don't get a flood of responses, I think it is because in this thread > and the one linked earlier that Leon Adler started, several different people > have explained evidence that Clojure on the JVM has had active development > for five years, it is open source, and no one knows of any evidence that this > will change any time in the future. That isn't the same as saying "will > remain", but it is the best anyone can give you that is based on evidence and > reason, rather than some other dubious methods. > > If you believe another language will give you better assurances than that > about its future target/platform, I don't see how you came to that > conclusion, unless it is by making up conclusions out of thin air. > > Andy > > On Dec 29, 2012, at 2:58 AM, Leon Adler wrote: > > > That's unforeseeable because, that represents a very long time. > > > > Having said that, this statement deserves a resay... > > > > The JVM will remain the primary target/platform for Clojure, while Oracle > > remains good i.e. it doesn't get Barmy. > > > > What say the other people? > > > > On Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:53:12 PM UTC+5:30, Sukh Singh wrote: > > Having read the posts all over again, can I say that the JVM will remain > > the primary target/platform for Clojure, while Oracle remains good i.e. it > > doesn't get Barmy ? Isn't that unforeseeable? > > > > On Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:56:52 PM UTC+5:30, Sukh Singh wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have noticed that this question is randomly appearing in many minds, and > > it is frequently being asked, though there is no apparent reason on why it > > is asked :/ or maybe people are unable to pen down the exact reasons, and > > sad to say, even myself. > > > > There are reasons for which I ask this question -> > > People (Majority) tend to stick with the primary implementations of > > certain multi-implementation software. And in the case of Clojure, the JVM > > implementation is the primary implementation now. > > > > Having a primary implementation in case of BDFL lead software helps as > > a glue in the community. For example , CPython is the primary python > > implementation, even if there is an existance of IronPython or JPython. > > > > The doubts of many, including me, will be cleared by an abstract > > answer... That 'many' also include the companies adopting something new, in > > this particular case, adopting clojure.... > > > > QUESTION > > > > Rich Hickey chose JVM as the platform of choice when he invented Clojure. > > It's > > community developed set of tools and documentation grew around the JVM > > (Leiningen, for example). > > > > From the above statements, can I say that > > > > the JVM will always likely, remain the primary Clojure implementation ? > > > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 -- Softaddicts<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail from my ipad! -- 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
