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Re:ClojureScript 1.10.866 Release by nickik on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:48AM (#27288345)
its(not, that, hard)
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Re:ClojureScript 1.10.866 Release by tanaypingalkar on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:21PM (#27293370)
but why clojure have this, reason? i am not criticizing it but i just want to know why clojure take this decision.
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Re:ClojureScript 1.10.866 Release by fnordsensei on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:23PM (#27296285)
The syntax becomes small, predictable and, crucially, is in itself a data structure. This means that everything composes in the same way, without special cases, and it lends itself well to meta programming when necessary.
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Re:ClojureScript 1.10.866 Release by tanaypingalkar on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:03AM (#27299876)
isnt it why clojure is called clojure I guess. That the reader can take closure look of there code.
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