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		spicybbq 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Program in Lisp "Simple Made Easy" is pretty popular, there is a transcription with slides: https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hi...

filoeleven 6 months ago [–]

I like "Clojure, Made Simple" even more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028LZLUB24s

Someone helpfully pulled out this chunk, which is a good illustration of why data is better than functions, a key driver of Clojure's design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSEQfqNYNAc

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