Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by llambda » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 7:38 PM UTC

Clojure & Python, Side by Side
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Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

#2

Post by timf » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

See the previous discussion (about Justin's blog post): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2386575

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by storborg » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 8:49 PM UTC

I love this format. Can anyone point to more "Rosetta Stone" examples like this? (Aside from ever-prevalent "X in Coffeescript compiles to Y in Javascript")

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by skylan_q » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:09 PM UTC

This is pretty cool.

I know python well enough to hack my way around it. I'm probably missing something, but now I have to ask: what would be the point in me learning clojure?

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by tdfx » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:10 PM UTC

skylan_q wrote: post #4

This is pretty cool. I know python well enough to hack my way around it. I'm probably missing something, but now I have to ask: what would be the point in me learning clojure?

Lets you target the JVM without writing Java, among other things.

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by rglullis » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:12 PM UTC

tdfx wrote: post #5

skylan_q wrote: post #4

This is pretty cool. I know python well enough to hack my way around it. I'm probably missing something, but now I have to ask: what would be the point in me learning clojure?

Lets you target the JVM without writing Java, among other things.

cough http://www.jython.org/ cough

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by tdfx » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:15 PM UTC

rglullis wrote: post #6

tdfx wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lets you target the JVM without writing Java, among other things.

cough http://www.jython.org/ cough

This occurred to me after I finished writing that post.

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by calebmpeterson » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:24 PM UTC

skylan_q wrote: post #4

This is pretty cool. I know python well enough to hack my way around it. I'm probably missing something, but now I have to ask: what would be the point in me learning clojure?

Clojure has no GIL and the concurrency API has few rivals

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by moonboots » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:24 PM UTC

rglullis wrote: post #6

tdfx wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lets you target the JVM without writing Java, among other things.

cough http://www.jython.org/ cough

Unfortunately, Jython is at 2.5.2, 3.5 years behind cpython.

Re: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

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Post by skylan_q » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

tdfx wrote: post #7

rglullis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

cough http://www.jython.org/ cough

This occurred to me after I finished writing that post.

Yea... I'm still confused as to the whole point of pure/near-pure functional programming if we're not getting better code density/more productivity against other languages which I (and some others) find easier to work with.

I guess all I'm saying is "convince me!" :) I'm all ears.