Fogus' recent article "clojure.rb" speculates about why there seem to be so many Ruby users adopting Clojure. As a Ruby user who adopted Clojure, I figured I'd write about my experiences.

Brian Carper

Clojure, a dialect of Lisp, seems neat, but I can't get over the endless sea of parentheses. It's a shame a less noisy approach hasn't come to the fore. If Clojure floats your boat, though, check out Peepcode's Functional Programming with Clojure screencast.