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Of the new crop of languages appearing on the Java Virtual Machine,

Clojure might be the most compelling. Because of its time-honored

roots in Lisp, compelling new features, and clever ways of mixing

these features with existing Java libraries, it will expand the way you

think about writing code. Stu has written a masterwork, making both

new and old concepts blend together into an accessible and thought-

provoking tour of this elegant language. Read the ﬁrst chapter, and

you will be hooked.

David Bock

Principal, CodeSherpas, Inc.

Stuart has charted the smoothest path yet to Clojure ﬂuency with this

well-organized and easy-to-read book. He has a knack for creating

simple and effective examples that demonstrate the language’s unique

features and how they ﬁt together.

Chris Houser

A primary Clojure contributor and clojure-contrib lib author

Not only a great reference for an exciting new language, this book

establishes Clojure as a serious tool for working programmers.

Stuart Sierra

Author of several clojure-contrib libraries, including the test-is

testing framework

Stu is passionate about ﬁnding better ways to develop software, and

Programming Clojure shows it. This book shows rather than tells how

and why Clojure can help you and, because of its tight integration

with the Java platform, how you can leverage your investment in

existing infrastructure and numerous Java APIs. I found the book

extremely easy to read, with some of the most unique and interesting

code examples in any technical book I’ve read.

Scott Leberknight

Chief architect, Near Inﬁnity Corp.

As someone following Clojure’s development closely before Program-

ming Clojure was available, I was very impressed with how much I

learned by reading it. Stuart’s organized approach, excellent ﬂow from

introductory to more in-depth treatments, ﬁne examples, and light

spicing with humor conspire to make it both very informative and a

real pleasure to read.

Stephen C. Gilardi

Principal author of clojure.core/ [ require,use ] and clojure.main

Clojure is a surprisingly mature and polished language, given its

youth, and Stuart’s book is a surprisingly mature and polished guide

to such new and not yet widely charted territory. Any new language

seeking to build adoption would be lucky to have such a resource so

early.

Jerry Kuch

Software architect, Purple Iguana, Inc.

Stu’s approach restores the balance of programmer over language by

providing both the blade to free us from Java’s syntactic straitjacket

and the Lisp-based chains to make the JVM do our bidding. Whether

your favorite part is Stu’s coverage of multimethods, his careful devel-

opment of the Lancet build tool, or his alchemy-free discussion of

macros, you will ﬁnd that Programming Clojure has earned its place

on the “close shelf” alongside Dybvig’s The Scheme Programming Lan-

guage and Seibel’s Practical Common Lisp .

Jeremy J. Sydik

Director of Research Technology Development, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Instructional Innovation

In the land of multicore, functional programming, concepts are vital,

and concurrent languages like Clojure are increasingly important.

If you’ve avoided Lisp languages because of confusing syntax, take

heart; Stu clearly and effectively explains this variant. Don’t worry,

parentheses don’t bite!

Nathaniel T. Schutta

Author, speaker, teacher

Programming Clojure

Stuart Halloway

The Pragmatic Bookshelf

Raleigh, North Carolina Dallas, Texas

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