Clojure - An Introduction for Java Programmers

Alen Ribic will be presenting on Clojure: "Clojure is a compiled, dynamic programming language, that targets the Java Virtual Machine with full Java interoperability. Clojure is a dialect of Lisp and it is designed to be a general-purpose language. It is predominantly a functional programming language and it features a rich set of immutable, persistent data structures."

Agenda:
18:00 – 19:00 Networking and supper
19:00 – 20:00 Presentation
20:00 onward Networking

About Alen: He is an avid hacker and programming language design enthusiast. Current area of interest is in understanding complexity of large software systems. Focus is on difficulty of testing and informal reasoning rather than computational complexity. He is working for Oracle South Africa.