I can't wait for this. The first conj was a great experience. I hope this years will be bigger and better than last, and there's no reason to believe it won't be.
Because it's awesome! Microbreweries, a wonderful community, excellent food, and you can cross off the #35 place you must visit in 2011 according to the New York Times!
(I recommend Scratch for breakfast, Toast for lunch, and Dos Perros for dinner…)
(currently waiting for my visa to come through so I can join my wife there, so forgive me for waxing lyrical about the place :))
I am not very knowledgeable about Clojure, so I would not be attending anyway.
But from what I know about Rich Hickey, and the language specs he designed for Clojure, and the HDD and other talks he has given, I would be extremely happy to be able to attend Clojure Conj.
I may be a bit of a homer -- most of my family members are still in VA/NC and it is rare that a conference for a respectable new language would ever happen in Durham.
Obviously Rich has a reason for it, I don't know if he lives near there...but I would expect that Clojure Conj would be 1000X less self-absorbed, and anyone who would lower themselves to travel to Durham might be more interested in the language and the author's views than the hype on HN.
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(I recommend Scratch for breakfast, Toast for lunch, and Dos Perros for dinner…)
(currently waiting for my visa to come through so I can join my wife there, so forgive me for waxing lyrical about the place :))
[+] [-] mscarborough|15 years ago|reply
But from what I know about Rich Hickey, and the language specs he designed for Clojure, and the HDD and other talks he has given, I would be extremely happy to be able to attend Clojure Conj.
I may be a bit of a homer -- most of my family members are still in VA/NC and it is rare that a conference for a respectable new language would ever happen in Durham.
Obviously Rich has a reason for it, I don't know if he lives near there...but I would expect that Clojure Conj would be 1000X less self-absorbed, and anyone who would lower themselves to travel to Durham might be more interested in the language and the author's views than the hype on HN.
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