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We can keep debating all day long how Java and Javascript suck, but the massive ecosystems based on these two suckers sadly won't go away anytime soon. There are of course languages that are more…

Awesome. I've read it on my phone. Nice thing about Clojure - like any Lisp it doesn't care about the width of your screen, it wraps, yet retains readability. Who are all those people who co…

How's it "inverse" of Emacs? Vim is a powerful idea that has many implementations. Emacs is an environment to run emacs-lisp, a language based on another powerful idea - Lisp. People un…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21696156

Emacs's Evil-mode lets you set marks with `mletter` and jump to a mark with `-letter (just like in Vim)

Big shoutout to https://vim-adventures.com . Without that little game I would never learn how to live without arrow keys.

Exactly. Vim stands for "Vi, Improved".

Because Vim is not an editor. It's an idea. Probably one of the best ideas that ever happened in the computer science. Another great idea (often mistakenly called a programming language) is idea …

I used IntelliJ for about 7 years. I loved it. When I learned Vim I used it with IdeaVim. There were minor things that bugged me, but I learned to live with that. But one day I decided to try Emacs wi…

Hey fellow Vimmers. If you (just like me) have to use Mac to do your work, you may find this little project of mine interesting https://github.com/agzam/spacehammer . It's a …

You are right. I was just trying to semi-sarcastically mimic the comment, to address "anything but Common Lisp would be very energy-consuming"

A quick look at what the job market has to offer (for those who interested in Lisp) should quickly convince people that learning anything but Clojure would be not only energy-consuming but also imprac…

It's not about syntax. It's about code being data and vice versa. > Syntax, interestingly, complects meaning and order often in a very unidirectional way. Professor Sussman made the great…

Also great resource: https://aiprobook.com/numerical-linear-algebra-for-programme... …

JVM can be extremely performant, although sometimes memory hungry. I haven't done any Scala, but I've tried comparing Haskell and similar Clojure code. Most of the time it was easier to writ…

This is a bit old interview. I haven't rewatched it, but beware, it may lead to assumptions that may not be true anymore.

> :runner {:extra-deps {com.cognitect/test-runner Have you tried https://github.com/lambdaisland/kaocha ?…

> but Clojure, being so terse, is especially prone to becoming an unmaintainable mess. Any programming language can be cryptic. Heck, you can write cryptic sentences in plain English. Clojure progr…

I have friends who work at Walmart Labs and Apple. Clojure is not just being used, they are diligently building more stuff. Apple is actively hiring Clojuristas. Walmart did hiring rounds recently, no…

I couldn't answer in the other thread because your reply got downvoted (and rightfully so) and went "dead." I get it. You personally hate Clojure. The reasons though objectively, are yo…

> as long as it feels so mathematical, it isn't everybody's cup of tea. Languages like Elm, Elixir and Clojure don't feel "so mathematical".

> The cost of immutability can be high If you analyze expenses for software projects of 1960-80ies and compare them with recent years, you probably see that the most expensive item now is at the bo…

> I feel like this comment is throwing semantics in a blender and pouring it out into the shape you want I don't think it is, though. But it is clear that you are arguing with absolute confide…

That is very, very far from the truth. You obviously haven't probably tried Clojure. I think, among all the languages being actively used in the industry (in business, not academy), Clojure perha…

Write a docstring for a function before you write the body of that function. Keep it short. Don't overthink it. At this point, it doesn't even have to be syntactically correct. If, in a br…

I've tried all the things you've mentioned and beyond. And I think finally found something I love. I've discovered Clojure. Nothing else gives me so much productivity and joy and the se…

Ha. Try Clojurescript. You'll be surprised.

Nightmare on elm street is a horror movie from my childhood, I hate elm trees and the email tool and the language because they all bring horrible memories.

Although I'm curious, I wouldn't ask you to explain why. You probably have your reasons. But I want to note that I love Elm. Elm is a fantastic language. For what is it made for - to build s…