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I get what they're trying to do but I'm not sure this [0] syntax is the answer.

[0] https://github.com/redplanetlabs/twitter-scale-mastodon/blob...




Yeah, this reminds me of the one time I had to try and read some Akka/Scala code.

Good luck debugging that!


The Clojure code reads better.


Agreed.

Their landing page[1] says

> Rama is programmed entirely with a Java API – no custom languages or DSLs.

But this sure looks like an embedded DSL with stringly typed identifiers.

[1] https://redplanetlabs.com/




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