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_dw7s on Aug 9, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Problem Solving and Clojure 1.9 with Rich Hickey

If it's like totally a new language, it should be called TotallyNewython 1.0

iwintermute on Aug 9, 2018 | [–]

AlmostTotallyNewthon would be better, correct. Would shift discussion from 'upgrade' to 'migration' without all the usual cries. Other than that it's understandable that some architecture decisions from 1991 haven't aged well.

Roboprog on Aug 9, 2018 | [–]

I think “Perl 6” was already taken, so they couldn’t use that :-)

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