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martinced on March 2, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clojure 1.5

"Clojure because they're functional and on the JVM"

In addition to that I'd add:

- Clojure because it's a Lisp dialect (and if you've never learned any Lisp, then it's good to add that to your skillset too)

- Clojure because it also targets other runtime, like say browsers JavaScript engine. ClojureScript looks really interesting and I'm sure we'll some very interesting things in ClojureScript very soon

- Clojure because it has STM

Now honestly between Clojure and Haskell I'd say that you should really learn both.

I'm getting quite OK with Clojure. Now I definitely need to find the time to learn Haskell...

lucian1900 on March 2, 2013 | [–]

Haskell also has STM.

douglasisshiny on March 2, 2013 | [–]

I haven't learned a Lisp. And ClojureScript does look interesting. Thank you.

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