> It seems to me that the Clojure space suffers from an unusual malady: it's > busy sitting here quietly advancing half of applied computer science, and no > one seems to notice the full extent of its import. > And it makes me sound like a broken record with my colleagues: "Oh! Clojure has..."
--- Joseph Smith @solussd On Jun 29, 2013, at 6:07 AM, Peter Taoussanis <ptaoussa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh man, how is everyone _not_ running around screaming about this right now? > > It seems to me that the Clojure space suffers from an unusual malady: it's > busy sitting here quietly advancing half of applied computer science, and no > one seems to notice the full extent of its import. > > Man, I'm sometimes forced to just stop for a moment and sit in awe at how > lucky I've been to see this stuff develop and to get to use it. > > Clojure was huge. And before we're close to digesting its potential, there's > protocols. And Clojurescript. Then Datomic. Reducers. Now this. > > And it's not about everything being necessarily _novel_, though there is > often novelty. For me it's largely about the cohesiveness of the design and > the consistency of the overarching vision. Everything _fits_. I feel like I'm > using tools and ideas that weren't just developed with care, or cleverness, > or experience, but all of those things in a kind of harmony that's > vanishingly rare to find in any field. > > I honestly feel like I'm witnessing history being made. > > Thank you Rich Hickey, and everyone else in this community for making my work > every day so enjoyable. > > - Peter Taoussanis > > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
