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Which programming language has the most enjoyable syntax?
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clojure (and other lisps)
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What makes clojure better in your opinion than other lisps like scheme and Common Lisp?
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hygienic macros in clojure have prevented some gotcha moments (there are academic solutions for this in common lisp - gensym) I like all the little choices (which are trivial to port to other lisps but clojure got there first): - threading macros - the jvm integration delivered a repl for java (unique to it)
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i've watched some talks from Rich Hickey and I felt he brought this incredible mental clarity to how he did things. clojure reflects a lot of this.
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