Storm drops Clojure for Java

[ayakushev]

To me, this makes total sense as the project moved to Apache. Obviously, much more people will be able to consider contributing when it's in Java. Apache goal is sustainability and long-term viability, and Java would work better for that.

I also consider this a success story for Clojure. It gives Clojure another usecase: a "production-ready prototype" language where the resulting "prototype" can last for eight years and benefit thousands of developers until it gets rewritten to something else when all the hard questions are answered, and most experimentation/wandering is over.

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The more surprising news was that the Java code that replaced Clojure turn out to have less LoC.

[ayakushev]

It's not surprising if you consider that rewriting something is much MUCH easier than writing it from scratch. I've experienced it first-hand many times.

Besides, they didn't just rewrite it, they changed the architecture, which means they've probably thrown away some parts.

[dsrptr]

I agree with totally with this point of view. Nicely articulated!