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		zephjc on Oct 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Real world Clojure I think part of it is that you have a higher reimplementation rate for your code in languages like Clojure. If something takes you 3 hours in Java and you find its a crap design, you might take 15-30 minutes to figure that out in Clojure. It has the side-effect of teaching you to think through your ideas more (wait, I thought we were supposed to avoid side effects! ;) )

ataggart on Oct 20, 2011 [–]

Rich Hickey's "Hammock-driven development" keynote seems applicable here:

http://blip.tv/clojure/hammock-driven-development-4475586

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