Mastering Clojure Macros

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1. Mastering Clojure Macros
   1. Copyright
   2. For the Best Reading Experience...
   3. Table of Contents
   4. Early Praise for Mastering Clojure Macros
   5. Acknowledgments
   6. Introduction
      1. Why Clojure?
      2. Why Macros?
      3. Metaprogramming in Non-Lisps
      4. Who Is This Book For?
      5. What’s in This Book?
      6. How to Read This Book
      7. Online Resources
   7. Chapter 1: Build a Solid Foundation
      1. Code Is Data
      2. Transforming Code
      3. Evaluating Your First Macro
      4. Macroexpansion
   8. Chapter 2: Advance Your Macro Techniques
      1. Syntax-Quoting and Unquoting
      2. Approaching Hygiene with the Gensym
      3. Secret Macro Voodoo
   9. Chapter 3: Use Your Powers Wisely
      1. Macros Aren’t Values
      2. Macros Can Be Contagious
      3. Macros Can Be Tricky to Get Right
   10. Chapter 4: Evaluate Code in Context
       1. Dynamic Bindings
       2. Evaluating (or Not) in Time and Place
       3. Rescuing Errors
       4. Cleaning Up Resources
   11. Chapter 5: Speed Up Your Systems
       1. Benchmarking Your Code
       2. Hiding Performance Optimizations
       3. Moving Execution to Compile Time
   12. Chapter 6: Build APIs That Say Just What They Mean
       1. Compojure
       2. Clojure Koans
       3. Decoupling Macros from Functions
   13. Chapter 7: Bend Control Flow to Your Will
       1. Loops and Loops and Loops and…
       2. Turning Expressions Inside Out with Threading Macros
       3. Delimited Continuations
   14. Chapter 8: Implement New Language Features
       1. Implementing Pattern Matching
       2. Error Handling in Macros
       3. Code-Walking Macros
       4. Macros Are [Not ] Magic
   15. Bibliography
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