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The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition
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The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition

by Michael Fogus, Chris Houser
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
17h 23m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 12. Java.next

This chapter covers

  • Generating objects on the fly with proxy
  • Clojure gen-class and GUI programming
  • Clojure’s relationship to Java arrays
  • Interfaces that all Clojure functions implement
  • Using Clojure data structures in Java APIs
  • Using definterface
  • Exceptions

Regardless of your views on the Java language, it’s difficult to deny that the JVM is a stellar piece of software. The confluence of the just-in-time (JIT) compiler, garbage collection, HotSpot, and the flexible bytecode have created an environment in which many programmers have chosen to grow their alternative programming languages. Additionally, the deluge of library options hosted on the JVM further makes the JVM the language target of choice. From Clojure ...

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