While true - Clojure,with it's java dependencies, is a good few notches harder to figure out by brute force - or at least it feels that way.
I picked up Ruby basics in a weekend of hacking around. I know there are still some things to figure out re: gems and big project management... but none feel insurmountable.
Python - same deal.
Clojure, on the other hand - has all this buzz on the net, but it's just that-much-more-complex to make even a seasoned language n00b a bit put-off.
(if you don't have your head firmly around the java build process and basic librarires, it's hard to get past the repl in clojure)
I picked up Ruby basics in a weekend of hacking around. I know there are still some things to figure out re: gems and big project management... but none feel insurmountable.
Python - same deal.
Clojure, on the other hand - has all this buzz on the net, but it's just that-much-more-complex to make even a seasoned language n00b a bit put-off. (if you don't have your head firmly around the java build process and basic librarires, it's hard to get past the repl in clojure)