Clojure

See also: closure

English

Etymology

From closure, respelled with the letter J from Java.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: closure

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Proper noun

Clojure

1. A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.
   • 2014, Colin Jones, Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN:

     Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic systems.

Further reading

• Clojure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• James Turner, Clojure: Lisp meets Java, with a side of Erlang, O'Reilly Radar