Howardism: Clojure

Clojure

I'm enjoying what I see of Clojure. However, I am not enjoying the books and tutorials. They seem to be written to other Clojure programmers. Perhaps, I could write a few essays for a more gentle, but quicker introduction to the language.

The Koolaid of Clojure
The love and hate of Lisp seems to spin on its syntax. I don't quite understand that, so maybe I can unspin that.

Clojure's Tail Recursion Feature
What appeared to me to be a kludge around a lack of tail recursion, has become a feature to me.

Whence Forth?
Forth, like many other computer languages, gathered a lot of excitement, but failed to deliver anything more than printer drivers? But why, as is there a lesson for the Clojure Community?

The Background for CAR and CDR
Lisp has a long tradition, and we see some peculiar features of the past in some of the function names.


	If you want everything to be familiar, you will never learn anything new. --Rich Hickey	Clojure I'm enjoying what I see of Clojure. However, I am not enjoying the books and tutorials. They seem to be written to other Clojure programmers. Perhaps, I could write a few essays for a more gentle, but quicker introduction to the language. The Koolaid of Clojure The love and hate of Lisp seems to spin on its syntax. I don't quite understand that, so maybe I can unspin that. Clojure's Tail Recursion Feature What appeared to me to be a kludge around a lack of tail recursion, has become a feature to me. Whence Forth? Forth, like many other computer languages, gathered a lot of excitement, but failed to deliver anything more than printer drivers? But why, as is there a lesson for the Clojure Community? The Background for CAR and CDR Lisp has a long tradition, and we see some peculiar features of the past in some of the function names.
	2014, Howard Abrams Some rights reserved	Originally written on 8 February 2014. Updated on 8 February 2014.