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In March 2020, somebody asked PG what language/tech he would recommend for competitive advantage, if they were willing spent 1000 hours learning it ("Is it still LISP?"). He said Clojure.

https://twitter.com/ndehouche/status/1240218141742878720

Personally, I like to imagine PG scoffing at the idea of spending only 1000 hours (6 months, 40 hours per week) learning Lisp, then sarcastically recommending Clojure aka macro-less, continuation-less, Java-lisp.

You want to spend 10 minutes? Use Typescript! ;)

(I love Typescript too btw.)



> Clojure aka macro-less (...) Java-lisp

Unless something changed in the last ~2 years since I worked with it, Clojure has macros.


Most Lisps (fex Common Lisp) don't have continuations. And yeah Clojure definitely has macros.




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