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#+TITLE: About

[[http://clojure.org][Clojure]] is a dynamic programming language that targets
the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Designed as a general purpose language, Clojure
combines the approachability of a scripting language with a robust
infrastructure for multithreaded programming.

Clojure is predominantly a functional programming language, and features a rich
set of immutable, persistent [[http://clojure.org/data_structures][data structures]].

Clojure is open source, and information about contributing to the language
[[http://clojure.org/contributing][can be found here]].

Rich Hickey, the creator of Clojure, wanted a modern Lisp for functional
programming, symbiotic with the established Java platform, and designed for
concurrency; thus, Clojure was born.

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Good design is not about making grand plans, but about taking things apart.
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Programming is not about typing...it's about thinking.
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