On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Clojure's getting better all the time at implementing Java-like things
> without dropping down to Java.  But the whole point of programming Clojure
> is to be "more functional", using and creating persistent data structures
> that work well with its STM.   Coding an imperative, mutable BST in Clojure
> isn't going to be its strong suit.
>

In fact it'll probably just be discouraging.


> I recommend reading Okasaki's Purely Functional Data Structures to build a
> better understanding of what kind of data structures you'd want to create in
> Clojure (if you need something beyond the built-ins), and how to implement
> them.


+1

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