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Clojure vs D: What are the differences?
Clojure: A dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine. Clojure is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming. Clojure is a compiled language - it compiles directly to JVM bytecode, yet remains completely dynamic. Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the code-as-data philosophy and a powerful macro system; D: Modern convenience. Modeling power. Native efficiency. D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity.
Clojure and D can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
"It is a lisp" is the primary reason why developers consider Clojure over the competitors, whereas "Compile-time function execution" was stated as the key factor in picking D.
Clojure is an open source tool with 7.85K GitHub stars and 1.25K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Clojure's open source repository on GitHub.
CircleCI, Groupon, and Soundcloud are some of the popular companies that use Clojure, whereas D is used by AdRoll, Stockopedia, and 9Labs. Clojure has a broader approval, being mentioned in 95 company stacks & 80 developers stacks; compared to D, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
We’re a new startup so we need to be able to deliver quick changes as we find our product market fit. We’ve also got to ensure that we’re moving money safely, and keeping perfect records. The technologies we’ve chosen mix mature but well maintained frameworks like Django, with modern web-first and api-first front ends like GraphQL, NextJS, and Chakra. We use a little Golang sparingly in our backend to ensure that when we interact with financial services, we do so with statically compiled, strongly typed, and strictly limited and reviewed code.
You can read all about it in our linked blog post.
Pros of Clojure
- It is a lisp117
- Persistent data structures100
- Concise syntax100
- jvm-based language90
- Concurrency89
- Interactive repl81
- Code is data76
- Open source61
- Lazy data structures61
- Macros57
- Functional49
- Simplistic23
- Immutable by default22
- Excellent collections20
- Fast-growing community19
- Multiple host languages15
- Simple (not easy!)15
- Practical Lisp15
- Because it's really fun to use10
- Addictive10
- Community9
- Web friendly9
- Rapid development9
- It creates Reusable code9
- Minimalist8
- Programmable programming language6
- Java interop6
- Regained interest in programming5
- Compiles to JavaScript4
- Share a lot of code with clojurescript/use on frontend3
- EDN3
- Clojurescript1
Pros of D
- Compile-time function execution16
- Makes functional programming style easier12
- Productive12
- Much easier to do Concurrent/Parallel vs C/C++12
- Simple but Powerful template-based generics11
- Powerful static function to avoid macro11
- Meta program is much easier to read/write vs. C++10
- It support unittest etc9
- Assembler is support directly in the language9
- System program language like C++ and C9
- Supports code covarge directly in the compiler9
- Metaprogramming7
- Supports both manuel memory and garbage collection7
- Plugs directly into C6
- Easy to translate from Java and C# to D6
- Feels and looks like C, so it's easy to learn5
- Amazing developer productivity4
- Fast2
- Performance2
- Syntax uniformity across pre-compile/compile/runtime1
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Cons of Clojure
- Cryptic stacktraces11
- Need to wrap basically every java lib5
- Toxic community4
- Good code heavily relies on local conventions3
- Tonns of abandonware3
- Slow application startup3
- Usable only with REPL1
- Hiring issues1
- It's a lisp1
- Bad documented libs1
- Macros are overused by devs1
- Tricky profiling1
- IDE with high learning curve1
- Configuration bolierplate1
- Conservative community1
- Have no good and fast fmt0
Cons of D
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