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Clojure Is the New C
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| by Robert Martin on Nov 16, 2014 |
01:28:09

Summary
Robert Martin argues that Clojure is a replacement for C with its simple syntax and minimal semantics.

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Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) is the Master Craftsman at 8th Light, an acclaimed speaker at conferences worldwide, and the author of many books including: The Clean Coder, Clean Code, Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, and UML for Java Programmers. He served as the Editor-in-chief of the C++ Report, and as chairman of the Agile Alliance. He created cleancoders.com.

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Is the Clojure code available? by Karel Smutný

Nice presentation, I always enjoy Bob Martin. Did Uncle Bob made the Clojure code he presented available online? I would like to check it out.
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Obnoxious by Philip Herron

Its entirely obnoxious and self absorbed that he thinks he can say clojure is a replacement for c. Thats like saying eggs are a replacement for oranges in real life.
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Re: Obnoxious by Marcos Antonio

Totally agree.
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Re: Is the Clojure code available? by Esko Luontola

The code looks similar to the one in github.com/unclebob/clojureOrbit
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Re: Obnoxious by ryan martin

To be fair, he didn't say it WAS a replacement for C. He said that the intent of his talk was an attempt to make the case that Closure is a new kind of C.
That's not quite as obnoxious. There's nothing wrong or obnoxious with making an argument for some point of view. The point is to stimulate discussion.
In fact he did make quite a number of good points to illustrate that Closure and C are alike in some ways and not "eggs and oranges".

I don't really follow the "self-absorbed" bit.
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Re: Obnoxious by Chris Kelly

I don't think it's obnoxious at all. Maybe the point was that Clojure may become as successful, widespread, pervasive and ubiquitous as C. Maybe it will one day have the same impact as a general purpose LISP in the same way that C has for imperative languages.
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No! by jeb beich

10% name dropping, 50% useless reminiscing, 20% false analogy, 10% audience polling, 5% elongated enunciation, 5% useful content.
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