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I think you're underselling the tool for beginners like myself - it's not just a ClojureScript REPL, it's actually an executable which can run node.js scripts written in clojurescript.
For example, here's the typical node http server example: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/c14b2b57184c650d9f3ff0a9e1...
You can run it with lumo test.cljs
Sometimes I think Clojure should have been developed on top of the ErlangVM instead of the JVM. I think that the ErlangVM solves a lot better the problems that Clojure is trying to solve. Also, seems like targeting the ErlangVM is an achievable feat, since Elixir in its version 1.3 has proven to be extremely solid. Crazy idea: if I wanted to implement Clojure on top of the ErlangVM, where should I start?
One of the main objectives of Clojure was interoperability with Java because of the ecosystem. Java and Erlang ecosystems are not comparable. Also, JVM is great. :)
The startup time is of course very low, so that's good. I think you're underselling the tool for beginners like myself - it's not just a ClojureScript REPL, it's actually an executable which can run node.js scripts written in clojurescript. For example, here's the typical node http server example: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/c14b2b57184c650d9f3ff0a9e1... You can run it with lumo test.cljs
Sometimes I think Clojure should have been developed on top of the ErlangVM instead of the JVM. I think that the ErlangVM solves a lot better the problems that Clojure is trying to solve. Also, seems like targeting the ErlangVM is an achievable feat, since Elixir in its version 1.3 has proven to be extremely solid. Crazy idea: if I wanted to implement Clojure on top of the ErlangVM, where should I start?
any chance of a npm/yarn package ?
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One of the main objectives of Clojure was interoperability with Java because of the ecosystem. Java and Erlang ecosystems are not comparable. Also, JVM is great. :)
That's not true. One of the main objectives of Clojure was to be a hosted language. Not just 'language hosted on JVM'. So idea to make it work on top of Erlang VM is perfectly valid and consistent with original design assumptions.
Now that Clojure has a varied and excellent set of libraries of its own maybe some of this is less important, but not all (the ability to interact with existing Java systems is still very useful).
I've been using Planck (and Replete for iOS) when I need a fast-starting clj[s] REPL for checking things quickly. What would be the use case for Lumo for me?
any chance of a npm/yarn package ?
Happy to consider it, but I'm unsure what the benefits would be? Probably something like Homebrew would be more suitable I believe.