Comment by j on "I am Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob). Ask me anything."

CommentI am Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob). Ask me anything.

stuff ;)

Jan 22, 2019

Hey Robert,

I read your book Clean Code and listen to some of your talks like 'the future of programming' and 'the principles of clean architecture' which I enjoyed.

To my questions:

Do you still actively code?
What Language Families do you like, Wirth? C-Like? ML? Fortran?
Do you still got the time and the nerve to follow current trends within the language ecco-systems?

Thx for your time :)

Robert Martin

Uncle Bob

Jan 24, 2019

Do you still actively code?

Yes, absolutely.
What Language Families do you like, Wirth? C-Like? ML? Fortran?

Java/C#/C++ are fine. But I really like Clojure. That's my language of choice.
Do you still got the time and the nerve to follow current trends within the language ecco-systems?

Yes, I do my best. Most of the time I look them over and realize they are just a rehash of an idea from 30 or 40 years ago. Sometimes, there are some good new ideas; but fewer and fewer.

So, for example, REST was a reasonable adjustment on web addresses. SOA and Microservices are both just a rehash of older ideas, without adding much. Dependency Injection is an old, but good idea, that is probably overused by a factor of 10 or so.

David Domingo

Software Engineer with a frontend background

Jan 25, 2019

Hi Uncle Bob,

I am currently trying to learn a Lisp for fun and Clojure is my first choice because of Clojurescript. But what is it about Clojure that makes it your go to language?

Thank you for your time :D

stuff ;)

Jan 25, 2019

David Domingo you need to tag him so he gets a notification :)

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