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July 12, 2010
Wadler's Law (extended to Clojure)
Philip Wadler is a PLT thinker of the highest order. In addition to the mind-boggling insights into the art of programming, his cutting wit1 is second to none. In late 1996 he unveiled "Wadler's law", described2 as:
In any language design, the total time spent discussing a feature in this list is [...:]
In any language design, the total time spent discussing a feature in this list is [...:]
July 6, 2010
(take 6 (anthony-simpson))
Raynes (aka Anthony Simpson) is a Clojure prodigy.
June 28, 2010
(take 8 (phil-hagelberg))
Continuing my series of micro-interviews with Clojure hackers I present Technomancy (aka Phil Hagelberg).
June 21, 2010
(take 8 (david-edgar-liebke))
David Edgar Liebke is a prolific writer of Clojure source codes. Herein, he answers eight questions about Clojure, statistics, and cookies.
June 9, 2010
clojure.rb
Call me crazy, but it seems that there is a large influx of Ruby programmers exploring the Clojure programming language. Based on the results of Chas Emerick's great State of Clojure – Summer 2010 survey, 17% of surveyed Clojure users come from a Ruby background. Based on observed trends, I expect that percentage [...:]
May 25, 2010
Trammel – Contracts Programming for Clojure
Trammel
I was planning on making a grand announcement about the launch of my Clojure contracts programming library Trammel, but got totally upstaged by something called Clojure/core. ^_^
While researching for The Joy of Clojure I eventually came by a few books about the Eiffel Programming Language and was blown away by its notion of design by [...:]
I was planning on making a grand announcement about the launch of my Clojure contracts programming library Trammel, but got totally upstaged by something called Clojure/core. ^_^
While researching for The Joy of Clojure I eventually came by a few books about the Eiffel Programming Language and was blown away by its notion of design by [...:]
April 18, 2010
The iPad as the Ultimate Imponator
Imponator: (n) A device whose sole purpose is to impress bystanders. 1
Imponade: (n) That warm goo that fills you as you become impressed. 2
I've so far resisted the pull of the iPad and the longer I resist the easier it becomes. I fail to see its revolutionary nature, but I would not discount [...:]
Imponade: (n) That warm goo that fills you as you become impressed. 2
I've so far resisted the pull of the iPad and the longer I resist the easier it becomes. I fail to see its revolutionary nature, but I would not discount [...:]
April 6, 2010
Getting Started with Clojure
Stuart Halloway has been hard at work putting together a getting started with Clojure guide for those new to the language. This is highly recommended reading and if you find the information useful then please consider linking to it yourself and contributing to the effort.
Topics include:
Getting Started with Netbeans and Enclojure
Getting Started with Eclipse [...:]
Topics include:
Getting Started with Netbeans and Enclojure
Getting Started with Eclipse [...:]
March 23, 2010
Clojure's Mini-languages
It can be said that one of the strengths of Clojure is that it is comprised of many little mini-languages, each fulfilling a particular sweet spot. Based on a conversation on #clojure, I present here a list of Clojure's internal mini-languages, with some examples of each:
Destructuring
One of the most powerful features that Clojure provides [...:]
Destructuring
One of the most powerful features that Clojure provides [...:]
March 10, 2010
Joy of Clojure TOC Updates
Chouser and I are working hard to get the material for the upcoming (next week, covering chapters 1-7) technical review in order. However, we hope to have an update to the MEAP available sooner rather than later. However, the http://joyofclojure.com site has been updated with the forthcoming table of contents. The changes [...:]
