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Clojure for Lisp Programmers Part 1 - Rich Hickey

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What it is

Rich Hickey presents an extensive introduction to Clojure at the Boston Lisp meeting, assuming prior Lisp knowledge. It covers the language's design decisions relative to other Lisps.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Referenced for Hickey's reasoning on design choices such as macros and not building on SBCL.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2017, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “this is not only a very good introduction to Clojure and the design decisions made by Rich Hickey”

    Intro to Clojure and its design decisions by Rich Hickey

    tosh, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Clojure for Lisp Programmers (2008)”

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Topics: clojure, rich hickey, lisp, macros, language design

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