To pedantically specific, clojure compiles all of your coffee to be code in memory, but the 'compile' function expects to find a file on disk, and create a class file on disk. Using gen-class in the repl is a no-op.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 07:48 James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> wrote: > Maybe this is a dumb question, but do you have a file > "clojure/examples/hello.clj" on the classpath? Since that's what the > exception is complaining about. > > On 13 October 2017 at 15:09, Damien Mattei <damien.mat...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> hello, >> >> i'm new to clojure, just installed it on a CentOS box, >> >> and try to compile the code below from tutorial, but it does not work, i >> searched a lot before posting, no answer... i do not want to use leiningen >> at this stage,later perheaps... >> >> just want to compile and run >> >> user=> (ns clojure.examples.hello >> (:gen-class)) >> nil >> clojure.examples.hello=> >> clojure.examples.hello=> (defn -main >> [greetee] >> (println (str "Hello " greetee "!"))) >> #'clojure.examples.hello/-main >> clojure.examples.hello=> (compile 'clojure.examples.hello) >> FileNotFoundException Could not locate clojure/examples/hello__init.class >> or clojure/examples/hello.clj on classpath: clojure.lang.RT.load >> (RT.java:443) >> >> help greatly appreciated (because i'm just one step to leave Clojure and >> continue using Kawa or Bigloo i already use or dive into ABCL , but >> Clojure has a so good reputation, i cannot imagine being sticked here by a >> simple hello world!) >> >> damien >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > James Reeves > booleanknot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.