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Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java
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Virtual Machine (and the CLR, and JavaScript). It is designed to
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be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and
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interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient
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and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming. Clojure
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is a compiled language - it compiles directly to JVM bytecode, yet
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remains completely dynamic. Every feature supported by Clojure is
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supported at runtime. Clojure provides easy access to the Java
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frameworks, with optional type hints and type inference, to ensure
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that calls to Java can avoid reflection.
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Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the code-as-data
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philosophy and a powerful macro system. Clojure is predominantly
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a functional programming language, and features a rich set of
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immutable, persistent data structures. When mutable state is needed,
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Clojure offers a software transactional memory system and reactive
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Agent system that ensure clean, correct, multithreaded designs.
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I hope you find Clojure's combination of facilities elegant,
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powerful, practical and fun to use.
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