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Clojure for Java Programmers Part 1 - Rich Hickey
Rich Hickey introduces Clojure to the NYC Java Study Group in the first of a two-part talk. It covers reader syntax, core data structures, code-as-data, evaluation, special operators, functions, macros and sequences, assuming no Lisp background.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a clear, well-paced introduction to Clojure and Lisp ideas like code as data and macros, straight from the language's creator.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ClojureTV
- Topic
- clojure
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Indeed. Rich Hickey's 2-part presentation on "Clojure for Java Programmers" was a really slick presentation of a Lisp. (Focusing on the 'code is data' aspect from the beginning (at least once he starts talking about the language specifics themselves, he does spend a while motivating …
Jach on Hacker News · 2013-07
In How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery background?> So that's how I view Lisp macros - creating code on the fly and executing it. This is an incorrect assumption. In compiled Lisps[0], macros are a compile-time construct, which manipulate the data structures that represent your code[1]. All manipulation occurs at compile-time. In …
greggyb on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Understanding the Power of Lisp (2020)
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
