A Tool For Thought

1 · David Nolen · June 3, 2016, midnight
As ClojureScript nears its fifth birthday I find myself reflecting on its suitability as a "tool for thought". Certainly reading the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs nearly thirteen years ago painted an ideal image of Lisp as a truly interactive and tangible approach to computing. That experience eventually lead me to Clojure and later ClojureScript. Now that I use both for the day job, has that wonderful image of computing that Sussman & Abelson mapped out faded over the ensui...