Re: offtopic - where are you come from? (poll)

2008-10-17 Thread Ande Turner
Dunedin, Otago, NEW ZEALAND 2008/10/18 Craig McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > also from Atlanta, Georgia > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: GUIs in Clojure

2008-10-10 Thread Ande Turner
Apologies Colin... I'll just say I was a victim of Trolltech marketing, that wasn't the impression I got. 2008/10/11 Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Oct 10, 4:42 pm, "Ande Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, > > Thank you very

Re: GUIs in Clojure

2008-10-10 Thread Ande Turner
David, Thank you very much for such an expansive response. Currently a thread-safe Swing alternative is using the Jambi bindings for Qt. I neglected to provide a link to details before so here it is: http://doc.trollte

Re: Transitioning from Java to Clojure

2008-10-09 Thread Ande Turner
Mike, I also posted the Queston at stackoverflow.com. There are a number of people whom would be interested in hearing your answer. Is it alright if I place a copy of your answer there and cite you? I don't suppose you have joined yourself have you? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181842/tran

Re: GUIs in Clojure

2008-10-08 Thread Ande Turner
Personally I've always had a through dislike for Swing, and now I'm looking into its implementation I dislike it even more. Replacing Swing entirely would be something I could seriously delve into! I like the idea of using a XAML style layout-file to create UIs. A threadsafe Swing replacement w

Re: GUIs in Clojure

2008-10-08 Thread Ande Turner
As I've just picked up on Clojure myself. First of all I was wondering if anyone was using the Qt's Jambi bindings for GUIs ? I'm just delving into the details of how Swing is implemented at the moment, can't say I agree with half of the "design" decisions myself. Swing isn't thread safe, althoug

Transitioning from Java to Clojure

2008-10-08 Thread Ande Turner
After discovering Clojure I have spent the last few days immersed in it. This question is directed at prominently at Java programmers who have transitioned to Clojure: What project types lend themselves to using Java over Clojure, vice versa, or in combination? Which programs which you would hav