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Re:Why use Clojure? by vezzy-fnord on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @11:12AM (#6959882)
In your case, I'd recommend you learn Scheme first. The Little Schemer and of course, the almighty SICP, will be of help.
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Re:Why use Clojure? by peterbotond on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @11:35AM (#6960005)
Let me recommend DrRacket, it is an excellent IDE, and has great built-in documentation to explain what you can do. http://racket-lang.org/
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Re:Why use Clojure? by wonderzombie on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @01:27PM (#6960489)
I second this.

I really like Clojure, and it's what I started with in terms of Lisps. When I wanted to explore more "traditional" Lisp, I looked into Common Lisp, and it didn't thrill me. It felt old to the point of decrepit.

Racket feels very modern, and very polished. I'm trying to groom it as my go-to scripting language.

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