Comment on Play Framework 2.0 Beta & integration into Typesafe StackparentComments−zeemonkee14y> It's the only reason I use an Algol dialect after 10 years of writing Lisps.Why not a Clojure stack ? Is Play itself, or Scala ?−mahmud14yJava.I didn't do Clojure because I didn't know Java til this year. I last did C++ in 2002, closest language.−dmix14yBut you knew LISP before. Isn't that much more beneficial than knowing Java when doing Clojure?−mahmud14yI'm one of those programmers that can't ignore the implementation language. I don't do 2nd-class languages without understanding their host environment fully.
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> It's the only reason I use an Algol dialect after 10 years of writing Lisps.
Why not a Clojure stack ? Is Play itself, or Scala ?
Java.
I didn't do Clojure because I didn't know Java til this year. I last did C++ in 2002, closest language.
But you knew LISP before. Isn't that much more beneficial than knowing Java when doing Clojure?
I'm one of those programmers that can't ignore the implementation language. I don't do 2nd-class languages without understanding their host environment fully.