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Experience with other languages
Topic for discussion around languages other than Clojure I feel like it might be nice to also discuss and be inspired by other languages sometimes Totally! How’s your experience with Swift so far?...
View ArticleAbout the The Fringe category
Things that aren’t directly about Clojure, but still of interest to the community. 2 posts - 1 participant Read full topic
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On Meteor and Clojure
Hi everyone! I’ve discovered Clojure a few months ago and I must say that I’m really hooked on this programming language. I can’t seem to just leave it on the backburner and get back to business with...
View ArticleAnybody tried Luna yet?
You might have seen this http://www.luna-lang.org/ and it looks pretty impressive. My first thought is that the visual explorer is a hell of a modern REPL - quite a different class than my still...
View ArticleWhy do you prefer Clojure over Haskell?
Hello, This may look like another post about “which language should I learn x or y?” but it is not. I’m learning Haskell and I’m learning Clojure, and I want to learn both, the decision is already...
View ArticleHave you tried Rosette?
clojure west 2017 talk: site: https://emina.github.io/rosette/index.html docs: https://docs.racket-lang.org/rosette-guide/index.html 2 posts - 1 participant Read full topic
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Scratch and Clojure
Scratch is a widely visual coding environmant for kids. Apparently it’s a Lisp. Has anyone tried editing Clojure code by manipulating Scratch type bricks - and vice versa? Is this in theory possible...
View ArticleI spoke about teaching kids code at Oslo Elm Day 2019 -- comments welcome!
First time I’ve talked at a conference. I really enjoy the experience – and hope to be able to attend a Clojure conference. Comments and feedback much welcome! Talk is 20 minutes long. 2 posts - 1...
View ArticleOrigins of the phrase "nil punning"?
Hi there, I wondered if anyone knew the origins of the phrase “nil punning”. I presume it preceded Clojure? Bonus question - does anyone know of a library in Java that attempts nil punning in its...
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Announcing hotload: Code Python 'like it's Clojure!
Disclaimer: We won’t be able to match Clojure’s development experience. But we’re getting there! So! We all love the REPL. It makes it possible to work on pieces so small that errors are trivial....
View ArticleJoker: Flex Your Scripting Muscles In (Almost) Clojure
I wrote an introductory posting about Joker, my preferred variant of Clojure for small, smart, fast scripts: Joker: Flex Your Scripting Muscles In (Almost) Clojure. I’m a big fan, not just because I’m...
View ArticleJava : Clojure :: Ruby : X
What is X? I.e. if you have a huge investment in Ruby (both code and people), what’s the closest thing to the semantics and syntax of Clojure in that type of environment? The projects Carbonate and...
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Spaceflight-programs and software-projects
alright, so… because of the 50 year anniversary of the apollo 11 adventure, i became somewhat interested in the matter of spaceflight. so for example i took the fam to the DLR open day in...
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Scratch-like visual programming for Clojure using Blockly
I created a project that translates visual Blockly tiles into executable Clojure code: GitHub kloimhardt/werkbank Blockly visual programming for Clojure. Contribute to kloimhardt/werkbank development...
View ArticleTornadoVM: Running Java on GPUs and FPGAs
Dr Juan Fumero presented at QCon London on TornadoVM, a plug-in to OpenJDK and GraalVM that runs Java on heterogeneous hardware including Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) and Field Programmable Gate...
View ArticleThe Forgotten History of OOP
Good article developing the Ideas of Alan Key and what he meant about OOP: “OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all...
View ArticleDSLs in the Wild
I feel that Domain Specific Languages have long been touted as a benefit of Lisp’s powerful macro system. While a Clojure library like Overtone arguably has a few domain specific macros for creating...
View ArticleScratch-like visual programming for ClojureScript
Clojure has top-notch development environments (Cider, Calva, Chlorine). For quick demonstrations without installation there is Maria.cloud. Still, the Lisp parantheses can be off-putting for...
View ArticleSmall web apps in Lisp on cheap hosting: Cljs + Transit + (Hy or Phel)
A recent blog post, Clojure like its PHP, shows that Clojure can serve requests as a cgi-bin script running through Babashka. Wanting to try this out myself, I had to learn that the local webhost...
View ArticleWhat about common lisp
Hi there, Clojure is my number one productivity tool, I did my thesis work with it, I make money with it, I make scripts with it (thank you babashka). I love the langage and its philosophy. But, once...
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