Clojure is a dynamic, general-purpose programming language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming. Clojure is a compiled language, yet remains completely dynamic – every feature supported by Clojure is…
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It is with a mixture of heartache and optimism that I announce today my (long planned) retirement from commercial software development, and my employment at Nubank. It’s been thrilling to see Clojure and Datomic successfully applied at scale.
Ten years ago, Chas Emerick ran the first State of Clojure survey. In 2010, most users had been using Clojure for just weeks or months, and few were using it as a language for serious work. This year , we see consistent and growing use for work , steady interest in the key value propositions of Clojure, and an…