On Jun 25, 8:31 am, BerlinBrown <berlin.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > What are the differences between clojure code which is: > > 1. Compiled > 2. Clojure code that is interpreted (that just sits in the classpath) > 3. Clojure code that loads from a jar file > 4. Clojure code that gets load with the 'load' function.
There is no difference at run-time. Clojure code is always compiled before it is run. When people talk about "compiled" Clojure code, they usually mean ahead-of-time (AOT) compiled. That just means you run the Clojure compiler on your .clj source files "ahead-of-time," and save the resulting .class files. If you don't AOT-compile your code, it just gets compiled on-the-fly when you load it. So AOT-compilation makes the code slightly faster to *load* when your application starts, because it doesn't have to compile the code on the fly. But Clojure compiler is very fast, so the difference is barely noticeable. The location the code came from (file, JAR, typed at the REPL) makes no difference. -Stuart Sierra --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
