NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 13 November 2007 Lisp NYC: Rich Hickey on Clojure, A Dynamic Language for the Java Virtual Machine

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 <lists@alphageeksinc.com>
 To: LispNYC <lisp@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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