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| author | Adam <adam@adambard.com> | 2013-06-26 11:19:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Adam <adam@adambard.com> | 2013-06-26 11:19:21 -0700 |
| commit | 6b4434cd05b0079d671a23cc65c19679825d678c (patch) | |
| tree | 869a8c0fc4927c4e21d5457f85cf7c3d1d2ac984 /clojure.html.markdown | |
| parent | 578317152f13532929fd9c619e2a7a56f7b838a8 (diff) | |
Added more clojure blurb
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| -rw-r--r-- | clojure.html.markdown | 9 |
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diff --git a/clojure.html.markdown b/clojure.html.markdown index f1a0a74f..5086d2c2 100644 --- a/clojure.html.markdown +++ b/clojure.html.markdown @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ --- language: clojure author: Adam Bard +author_url: http://adambard.com/ --- -Clojure is rad +Clojure is a variant of LISP developed for the Java Virtual Machine. It has +a much stronger emphasis on pure [functional programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming) than +Common Lisp, but includes several [STM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_transactional_memory) utilities to handle +state as it comes up. + +This combination allows it to handle concurrent processing very simply, +and often automatically. ```clojure ; Comments start with semicolons. |