NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 13 November 2007 Lisp NYC: Rich Hickey on Clojure, A Dynamic Language for the Java Virtual Machine
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From: Heow Eide-Goodman <li...@alphageeksinc.com>
To: LispNYC <li...@lispnyc.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:57:40 -0500
Subject: [Lisp] Reminder: Lisp meeting, November 13th 7:00 at Trinity
Please join us for our next meeting on Tuesday, November 13th from 7:00
to 9:00 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Rich Hickey Presents: Clojure - A Dynamic Programming Language for the
JVM
Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the
Java Virtual Machine. It combines the approachability and
interactive development of a scripting language with an
efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded
programming.
Clojure is a compiled language - it compiles directly to JVM
bytecode, yet remains completely dynamic. Every feature
supported by Clojure is supported at runtime. It provides
easy access to the Java frameworks, with optional type hints
and type inference, to ensure that calls to Java can avoid
reflection.
Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the
code-as-data philosophy and a powerful macro system. But
Clojure is predominantly a functional programming language
and features a rich set of immutable, persistent data
structures. When mutable state is needed, Clojure offers a
software transactional memory system that ensures clean,
correct, multithreaded designs.
Rich is the author of the Lisp-related projects jFli, Foil and
Lisplets. He has over 20 years experience developing sophisticated
scheduling, automation and analysis systems in a variety of programming
languages.
Resources:
http://clojure.sourceforge.net/
Directions to Trinity:
Trinity Lutheran
602 E. 9th St. & Ave B., on Tompkins Square Park
http://trinitylowereastside.org/
From N,R,Q,W (8th Street NYU Stop) and the 4,5 (Astor Street Stop):
Walk East 4 blocks on St. Marks, cross Tompkins Square Park.
From F&V (2nd Ave Stop):
Walk E one or two blocks, turn north for 8 short blocks
From L (1st Ave Stop):
Walk E one block, turn sounth for 5 short blocks
The M9 bus line drops you off at the doorstep and the M15 is near get
off on St. Marks & 1st)
To get there by car, take the FDR (East River Drive) to Houston then
go NW till you're at 9th & B. Week-night parking isn't bad at all,
but if you're paranoid about your Caddy or in a hurry, there is a
parking garage on 9th between 1st and 3rd Ave.
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