[gruseom]

Ideas and perspectives that don't have merit will lose out to more powerful and clearer ideas over time.

If there's one statement that the history of programming languages (to date) contradicts... :)

Actually, I think I'm reacting more to the slides of Hickey's recent talk about this, which he called "deconstruction" and kept comparing to Whitehead. I think Clojure deserves better than that. The signs of guru worship are already appearing. I would have said that's a bad thing. On the other hand, maybe it's the way to grow.