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In this episode I talk with Fogus, author of The Joy of Clojure and Functional JavaScript. We cover his history with functional languages, working with JavaScript in a functional style, and digging into the history of software development.
Our Guest, Fogus
fogus.me
Topics
Joy of Clojure
Chris Houser
Clojure.core Relevance (Now Cognitect)
Missing the interesting conversations as part of Clojure.core team
Core/async
Fogus’ previous functional language experience
What about Lisp appeals to Fogus
Progression of Imperative to Functional to Logic programming Functional JavaScript
Douglas Crockford Underscore
Jeremy Ashkenas
Ostrich purity Lemonad Bilby and Fantasy Land by Brian McKenna
Structuring and organizing functional programs
How to build your knowledge of the history of computing Reading for the Rushed
Follow footnotes/bibliography/references 10 Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice) The History of Programming Languages Volume 2 A Programming Language by Kenneth Iverson
APL Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (from Amazon.com)
Any book written before 1990 Production Rule Systems in Clojure Infinite Jest House of Leaves
A giant Thank You to David Belcher for the logo design.
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