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by gavinpc 3326 days ago
He was initially excited about Clojure, as a Lisp enthusiast, but as I recall he had a clash with the community about the direction of the language.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/clojure/JiK-WLFT65M/spBka_gs...

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More context here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2466731

With replies directly from Rich Hickey regarding Steve Yegge's "yes language".

Steve is certainly no stranger to Clojure.

Edit: also of interest in the discussion, Clojure is now #50 on TIOBE's top 50 list of languages. Notably OCAML didn't break #50 (or Common Lisp). I don't put much value in those lists personally but it does have economic value.

Thanks, that's the one I was looking for.