Re: def partial vs let partial

It's because the value of the + is captured when the partial is created (or when the var is implicitly derefed). The value of the var is implicitly captured (via deref) at the point where it appears in the form. It's a bit of a complex topic, but this blog post I wrote a few months ago may help a

Re: def partial vs let partial

Sum-partial-def gets the original + definition because it is evaluated first, if you want late binding, try (partial reduce (var +)). On Dec 1, 2016 4:05 PM, "Matthew Hamrick" wrote: > I'm confused by the following code. > Could someone explain to me why the def-ed

def partial vs let partial

I'm confused by the following code. Could someone explain to me why the def-ed partial has different behavior to the letted one? This is especially confusing to me since the #() special form one works as I expect. (def sum-partial-def (partial reduce +)) (let [sum-partial (partial reduce +)

Re: Clojure as a first programming language?

It's a question simply stated with an answer that depends on a lot of things. And, as is often the case with the person giving an answer, without asking other people I can only relate it to my own experiences with clojure and programming in general. The fun and freeing thing about clojure is the

Re: Clojure as a first programming language?

Hi, it's almost 8 years later and I am going to ask these same question since it wasn't really answered Thanks for taking the time to read. I’m interested in trying out Clojure > for my first programming language--at least, the first programming language > in which I intend to commit myself