[gruseom]

Another paper that gets repeatedly mentioned as being influential in Clojure's design is ["Out of the Tar Pit" by Moseley and Marks]

Repeatedly mentioned by whom? I've looked at these guys' stuff a few times. While the idea of functional-relational programming is appealing, it is also obvious, and as far as I can tell they're not providing much more than fluff.

[menloparkbum]

Repeatedly mentioned by whom?

Rich Hickey.

[gruseom]

That's interesting. I guess I'm missing the value there. I'd give it another look, except I just did.

[menloparkbum]

He seems to use it to deflect the TDD crowd. Personally, I found it boring.

[wglb]

There are some interesting quotes there, but many of the intermediate conclusions are not well supported.

[plinkplonk]

anything that deflects the TDD crowd is very useful! (and so not boring!)