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(first (rich-hickey))

Jun 9, 2011 one comment

Rich Hickey is the author of Clojure (take... is an on-going series of micro-interviews focused on Clojure. What was the first interesting program that you wrote? An early program I wrote that got me excited about the possibilities of computing was a simple ...

(take 6 (justin-balthrop))

Nov 30, 2010 some comments

Justin Balthrop is the author of Cake (the Clojure build tool, not the spongy delicious treat). He works for Geni and is an alumni of The University of New Mexico1. Interestingly, Justin (or ninjudd as he is known on the ...

(take 6 (george-jahad))

Sep 13, 2010 one comment

George Jahad is, in my estimation, one of the most exciting Clojure hackers. His public output, while spartan, is incredibly compelling. I've learned1 quite a bit from his Clojure output and hope to see more. George works for Runa ...

MartinOdersky take(5) toList

Aug 6, 2010 some comments

Dr. Martin Odersky, the lead designer/developer of the Scala Programming Language, Generic Java, and Pizza requires no introduction, but the motivation for this micro-interview does. That is, there is an unfortunate view in some circles that sees the existence of Scala ...

(take 5 (brenton-ashworth))

Aug 3, 2010 some comments

Brenton Ashworth is relatively new to the Clojure community, but has already created four interesting (and useful) projects: deview, lein-difftest, sandbar and carte. I met Brenton at the previous Pragmatic Clojure Studio and we talked a little bit about what would ...