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Clojure

Presented by Rich Hickey on Nov 20, 2008

Community
Java
Topics
Dynamic Languages
Tags
LISP ,
Functional Programming ,
JVM Language Summit ,
JVM ,
Clojure
Summary
In this presentation from the JVM Languages Summit 2008, Rich Hickey discusses Clojure, which is an implementation of Lisp. Topics covered include Clojure features and syntax, example code, interoperation with Java, Clojure and functional programming, persistent data structures, concurrency semantics, references, transactions, software transactional memory, agents, implementation and pain points.

Bio
Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure, is an independent software designer, consultant and application architect with over 20 years of experience in all facets of software development. Rich has worked on scheduling systems, broadcast automation, audio analysis and fingerprinting, database design, yield management, exit poll systems, and machine listening.

About the conference
The 2008 JVM Language Summit is an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects. The talks inform the audience, in detail, about the state of the art of language design and implementation on the JVM, and the present and future capabilities of the JVM itself.

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iPhone has no Flash by Sasa Ebach Posted Nov 21, 2008 9:28 PM
Re: iPhone has no Flash by Giovanni De Facci Posted Dec 5, 2008 6:29 AM
Good introduction to features by Martin Gilday Posted Nov 23, 2008 10:13 AM
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    iPhone has no Flash

    Nov 21, 2008 9:28 PM by Sasa Ebach

    no iPhone version :-(

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    Good introduction to features

    Nov 23, 2008 10:13 AM by Martin Gilday

    This is a nice introduction to Clojure but does assume some knowledge of Lisp/Functional programming. There is also a good introduction for Java programmers here

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    Re: iPhone has no Flash

    Dec 5, 2008 6:29 AM by Giovanni De Facci

    the iphone does not support flash (this make me laugh).

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