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The Joy of Clojure

Thinking the Clojure Way

A book by Michael Fogus and Chris Houser

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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    1. Foreword by Steve Yegge
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. Introduction
    4. Notational Conventions
    5. Getting Clojure
    6. Road Map
    FOUNDATIONS
    1. Clojure Philosophy
    2. Drinking From the Clojure Firehose
    3. Dipping Our Toes Into the Pool
    DATA TYPES
    1. On Scalars
    2. Composite Data Types
    FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
    1. Being Lazy and Set in Your Ways
    2. Functional Programming
    LARGE-SCALE DESIGN
    1. Macros
    2. Combining Data and Code
    3. Java.next
    4. Mutation
    TANGENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS
    1. Performance
    2. Clojure Changes the Way You Think
    APPENDICES
    1. Annotated Bibliography