Eventually you'll have to come around to reading implementations. The Joy of Clojure is a very thoughtful book, but lib authors aren't going to go through the same amount of trouble.
Reading code gets easier and rewards faster the more you do it. On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Christopher Small <metasoar...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for JOC. It's a fantastic book. > > Chris > > > On Friday, August 29, 2014 6:28:25 PM UTC-7, Paul L. Snyder wrote: >> >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Sam Raker wrote: >> >> > I'm just not sure what to do at this point in my Clojure learning >> > experience. I've probably written a few thousand lines of Clojure at >> this >> > point, but I'm not sure that I'm doing things "right:" I don't know if >> my >> > code is efficient, or even idiomatic. I've know next to nothing about >> Java, >> > and Clojure is my first introduction to functional programming. There >> are >> > so many fun, exciting, awesome-seeming things in Clojure that I want to >> > take advantage of, like reference types and futures, but I have no >> point of >> > reference for them and feel like I'm having trouble wrapping my head >> around >> > them. >> >> It sounds like you're at the perfect moment to hit up _The Joy of >> Clojure_. >> The second edition came out recently, so it should be nicely current. My >> copy of 2e is on my in-pile, so I can't yet comment specifically on the >> updates, but its approach is aimed directly at what you seem to be >> looking >> for: why Clojure is Clojure, and what you can do about it. >> >> http://joyofclojure.com/ >> >> Paul >> > -- > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','clojure%2bunsubscr...@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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','clojure%2bunsubscr...@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.
