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Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by tosh » Tue, Jun 18, 2019, 11:40 PM UTC

Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM
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Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by macintux » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:12 AM UTC

That’s very cool. I’ve added Clojerl to my list of alternative languages on the BEAM: https://gist.github.com/macintux/6349828#alternative-languag...

Given the extent to which the Erlang VM is optimized for immutable data, network transparency, and message passing, I can see why Clojure on the JVM and CLR would not have had the same success with the actor model as Erlang has.

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by tanzbaer » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:29 AM UTC

Why would I use this over elixir?

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by jacobush » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:30 AM UTC

macintux wrote: post #2

That’s very cool. I’ve added Clojerl to my list of alternative languages on the BEAM: https://gist.github.com/macintux/6349828#alternative-languag... Given the extent to which the Erlang VM is optimized for immutable data, network transparency, and message passing, I can see why Clojure on the JVM and CLR would not have had the same success with the actor model as Erlang has.

I don’t ...

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by noncoml » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:32 AM UTC

Sorry for the off topic.

Any good recommendations for a Clojure book for a seasoned programmer but with little exposure to Lisps?

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by macintux » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:33 AM UTC

jacobush wrote: post #4

macintux wrote: post #2

That’s very cool. I’ve added Clojerl to my list of alternative languages on the BEAM: https://gist.github.com/macintux/6349828#alternative-languag... Given the extent to which the Erlang VM is optimized for immutable data, network transparency, and message passing, I can see why Clojure on the JVM and CLR would not have had the same success with the actor model as Erlang has.

I don’t ...

The JVM is a kitchen sink environment. The BEAM is very opinionated. I would expect the VM built from the ground up to support a specific programming model to be superior at doing just that.

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by macintux » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:35 AM UTC

tanzbaer wrote: post #3

Why would I use this over elixir?

If you want a Lisp (although there are multiple Lisps for the BEAM). If you want to help build a new language. If you don’t like Elixir’s syntax (raises hand).

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by rlander » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:37 AM UTC

tanzbaer wrote: post #3

Why would I use this over elixir?

I can think of a few reasons: same language between front and backend, extensive standard library, repl driven development, simplicity, brevity, spec.

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by goostavos » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:40 AM UTC

noncoml wrote: post #5

Sorry for the off topic. Any good recommendations for a Clojure book for a seasoned programmer but with little exposure to Lisps?

Joy of Clojure is my favorite whirl wind tour of the language. I generally suggest also pairing it with Clojure Applied, which deals with the larger "assembling the pieces into a whole" side of things.

Re: Clojerl – Clojure for the Erlang VM

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Post by manishsharan » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:43 AM UTC

noncoml wrote: post #5

Sorry for the off topic. Any good recommendations for a Clojure book for a seasoned programmer but with little exposure to Lisps?

I bought Clojure in Action and The Joy of Clojure , both from Manning. I found Clojure in Action to be better suited to me as I too had little exposure to Lisps. Everybody raves about Joy of Clojure but it did not work for me. But now my favourite book is Clojure for the Brave and True -- it is awesome and fun.