why are #clojure tests so slow? :(

@GeePawHill On that basis, here's to @yogthos, @cemerick, @mark_engelberg, @borkdude who, among others, wrote the tools which made the closing years of my software career a lot more enjoyable.

#Clojure

[What syntax does #Lisp have?]

@simon_brooke @sleepyfox @iris_meredith

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Modern Lisps, such as #CommonLisp and #Clojure, do have *some* syntax, but compared to any Algol-family language (such as C and Python) it's minimal.

If this is all jocular, ignore this question, otherwise what is the value of "*some*" here?

I'd rather not guess a precise intended meaning.

@sleepyfox @iris_meredith the 'joke' I was attempting to make is that pure #Lisps, written as S expressions, do indeed have no syntax at all. Modern Lisps, such as #CommonLisp and #Clojure, do have *some* syntax, but compared to any Algol-family language (such as C and Python) it's minimal.

It's the lack of syntax, not the presence of syntax, that Algol-family programmers find conceptually hard.

Refactoring Clojure

https://www.orsolabs.com/post/refactoring-clojure-1/

#HackerNews #Refactoring #Clojure #Clojure #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #CodeRefactoring #FunctionalProgramming