Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Ken Wesson
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Sean Corfield wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Bill Robertson > wrote: >>> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now >>> somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. >> I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Sean Corfield
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Bill Robertson wrote: >> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now >> somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. > I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there are any > sections that might be superseded by newer language

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Robertson
> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now > somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. In what ways? I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there are any sections that might be superseded by newer language features. -- You received this message beca

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread rob levy
This may be a typo, but since I saw it more than once, it could be worth noting (maybe save you some trouble) that clo[jsz]ure is not an equivalence class. Closure with a capital C can either be Google's JS library, or a Common Lisp web browser (and some of its associated component libraries like

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread flebber
On Jan 19, 5:21 am, faenvie wrote: > not to forget practical clojure from apress: > > http://apress.com/book/view/1430272317 > > which gives a good introduction too > and mark volkmanns article: > > http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html > > which is free and also gives an excellent >

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread faenvie
not to forget practical clojure from apress: http://apress.com/book/view/1430272317 which gives a good introduction too and mark volkmanns article: http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html which is free and also gives an excellent introduction. -- You received this message because yo

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread cej38
I have read large chunks of all of the (English language) Clojure books. I think "The Joy of Clojure" is the most well written of the books. It is true that I didn't start reading it until I was already familiar with Clojure, but I think that this is the one to start with. "Programming Clojure"

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread Base
I really enjoyed 'Programming Clojure'. I thought it was written at an appropriate level for a beginner (which I most certainly am). It explained a lot of the concepts like laziness and recursion in a way that helped out with these concepts at a basic level while still giving some non-trivial exa

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread Alex Ott
Hi >From my point of view, it's better to take 'Clojure in Action' first, and only after it to take 'The Joy of Clojure' - it about more advanced techniques (I reviewed it in my blog, if you interested - http://alexott.blogspot.com/2010/10/readings-digest-september-2010.html) On Tue, Jan 18, 2011