When Rich Hickey created Clojure he did so because he wanted a Lisp language that used immutable data structures by default, that was designed with concurrency in mind, and was compatible with an ...

Four key concepts are essential for understanding Clojure’s functional programming paradigm. Here’s how to apply what you know about Java to learning Clojure. Clojure is one of the most fascinating ...

Clojure, pronounced “closure,” is a functional programming language that’s geared toward the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) but also accommodates Microsoft’s Common Language Runtime and JavaScript ...

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Computer languages reflect the goals, target audiences, and to some degree the personalities of their creators and their communities. As a result, even languages that are created with similar goals in ...

Finding the version of Clojure you are using is as simple as executing one of the following commands inside the Clojure REPL, which you can enter by running clojure: # clojure Clojure 1.8.0 user=> ...