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by finalfantasia
2521 days ago
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Based on your description, the Lisp that you're looking for should: - be the most modern one
- have a robust ecosystem
- package management
- tooling
- can be used for building production-ready software
- be an easy sell to businesses
Clojure checks every single bullet point on that list; it - is *the most modern* Lisp that's designed from ground up (no historical baggage/cruft)
- is hosted on *the Java platform* (i.e., "the Java world"), which is so far the most robust enterprise software ecosystem. This means that you have access to the most robust package management system (Leiningen/Maven), the most battle-tested and production-quality libraries, and the most powerful development tools (e.g., IntelliJ IDEA), and etc.
- is created by a pragmatic/practical guy who wants to build production-ready software. It's not the result of an academic research/experiment/thesis.
- is the result of a trade-off that makes it an easier sell to businesses. Businesses tend to be more conservative when it comes to choosing a platform to invest on and usually prefer the ones that are battle-tested, well-established, and well-supported. As of right now, it's the Java platform. No other enterprise software ecosystem can hold a candle to it.
Of course, you don't have to take my word for it, see what others have to say about Clojure.[1][1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clojure#Popularity |
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