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Chris Houser Discusses Clojure

Topics
Java,
Clojure,
Strange Loop 2010,
Strange Loop,
.NET,
Languages,
Parallel Programming,
LISP,
JVM Languages,
Programming,
Architecture,
Conferences,
Interviews,
Language

In this interview Ryan discusses Clojure with author Chris Houser. They cover Clojure's approach to classes, comparing and contrasting it with Java. Chris delves into they type of programming problem sets Clojure is best suited for, especially in relation to parallelism as the number of cores in computers increases and Clojure's applicability as or research language.

Clojure's Solutions to the Expression Problem

Topics
Java,
Clojure,
Strange Loop 2010,
Languages,
Strange Loop,
LISP,
JVM Languages,
Programming,
Language,
Conferences

Chris Houser presents the expression problem showing two ways to solve it in some languages, followed by a demonstration of solving it using multimethods and protocols in Clojure, mentioning pros and cons of each solving method.