[ONLINE] Why Clojure?

About the Presentation:

Clojure is a dynamic general-purpose language on the JVM. This talk will be a quick spin through the language and its strengths, particularly in comparison to Java. We'll also cover how to use Clojure and Java together.

About the Presenter:

Alex Miller works on maintaining Clojure and supporting the Clojure community at Cognitect. He co-authored the books Clojure Applied and the 3rd edition of Programming Clojure, both on Pragmatic Press. Alex is the founder of the Strange Loop, Clojure/west, and Lambda Jam conferences. He writes regularly at insideclojure.org.