From 6b4434cd05b0079d671a23cc65c19679825d678c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:19:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added more clojure blurb --- clojure.html.markdown | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/clojure.html.markdown b/clojure.html.markdown index f1a0a74f..5086d2c2 100644 --- a/clojure.html.markdown +++ b/clojure.html.markdown @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ --- language: clojure author: Adam Bard +author_url: http://adambard.com/ --- -Clojure is rad +Clojure is a variant of LISP developed for the Java Virtual Machine. It has +a much stronger emphasis on pure [functional programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming) than +Common Lisp, but includes several [STM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_transactional_memory) utilities to handle +state as it comes up. + +This combination allows it to handle concurrent processing very simply, +and often automatically. ```clojure ; Comments start with semicolons.