Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Ken Wesson
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Sean Corfield wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Bill Robertson > wrote: >>> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now >>> somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. >> I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Sean Corfield
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Bill Robertson wrote: >> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now >> somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. > I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there are any > sections that might be superseded by newer language

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Robertson
> "Programming Clojure" is also a good book, but it is now > somewhat dated as to what is happening in the language. In what ways? I am reading the book now, and I would like to know if there are any sections that might be superseded by newer language features. -- You received this message beca

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread rob levy
oduction. > > Thank you for the link to mark volkmanns article. It may be a good > starting point. I have concerns with the books printed back in 2009 as > it appears there has been a lot of development and advancement since > then with datatypes and other structures appearing in 1.

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread flebber
earing in 1.2 in October 2010. I might look at practical clojure and the joy of closure after reading volkmann. there are a few used practical clojure books on amazon so it wont break the budget. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure"

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread faenvie
not to forget practical clojure from apress: http://apress.com/book/view/1430272317 which gives a good introduction too and mark volkmanns article: http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html which is free and also gives an excellent introduction. -- You received this message because yo

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread cej38
I have read large chunks of all of the (English language) Clojure books. I think "The Joy of Clojure" is the most well written of the books. It is true that I didn't start reading it until I was already familiar with Clojure, but I think that this is the one to start with. "Programming Clojure"

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread Base
I really enjoyed 'Programming Clojure'. I thought it was written at an appropriate level for a beginner (which I most certainly am). It explained a lot of the concepts like laziness and recursion in a way that helped out with these concepts at a basic level while still giving some non-trivial exa

Re: The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread Alex Ott
Hi >From my point of view, it's better to take 'Clojure in Action' first, and only after it to take 'The Joy of Clojure' - it about more advanced techniques (I reviewed it in my blog, if you interested - http://alexott.blogspot.com/2010/10/readings-digest-september-2010.html) On Tue, Jan 18, 2011

The Joy of Closure

2011-01-18 Thread flebber
I was looking at the title on amazon, after recently discovering clojure recently. The product description on aamazon is somewhat brief. There are no reviews as the book is released in a few days. I have been learning and progressing via HTDP.org with Racket. I want to learn clojure, is this book