I don't think that Structure and Interpretion of Computer Programs is a good first-book if you want to start lisp-programming (Especially Clojure). It's very detailed and gives much insights, but Clojure is way more practical than this book. If you want to start programming Clojure, I'd recommend "Pragmatic Programming Clojure" or "The Joy of Clojure" (Even when JoC isn't finished yet).
To your original question: That's a hard piece of code to start with. I'd recommend firing up a repl and trying with this instead of this template you've mentioned. On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:25 PM, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > If your are new to programming I recommend reading at least the first > three chapters of The Structure and Interpretation of Computer > Programs. It's available online. > > David > > On Friday, June 11, 2010, Jared <tri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm 100% new to LISP, 95% new to Java, and 90% new to programming in >> general. Where and how would you recommend learning Clojure? I'm >> planning on buying Programming Clojure, but until then what would you >> suggest? >> >> I got Netbeans working with Clojure and the default template is this: >> >> (comment >> Sample clojure source file >> ) >> (ns com.yourcompany.defpackage >> (:gen-class)) >> >> (defn -main >> ([greetee] >> (println (str "Hello " greetee "!"))) >> ([] (-main "world"))) >> >> It ran and printed "Hello world!". Can anyone explain to me in detail >> what each statement means. I'm particularly confused by: >> >> (comment >> Sample clojure source file >> ) >> >> I thought all comments began with ; ? I understand what println does >> and that's it. >> >> Thanks in advance everyone. >> >> -- >> 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 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 -- Moritz Ulrich Programmer, Student, Almost normal Guy http://www.google.com/profiles/ulrich.moritz -- 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
