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Clojure

dialect of the Lisp programming language
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Clojure is influenced by ML, Common Lisp, and Lisp.[1].

Clojure

Summary

Clojure is a programming language[1]. Clojure ranks in the top 2% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clojure was influenced by ML[3].
  • Clojure was influenced by Common Lisp[4].
  • Clojure was influenced by Lisp[5].
  • Clojure's instance of is recorded as programming language[6].
  • Clojure's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[7].
  • Clojure's instance of is recorded as JVM language[8].
  • Clojure's developer is recorded as Richard Hickey[9].
  • Clojure's copyright license is recorded as Eclipse Public License[10].
  • Clojure's programmed in is recorded as Java[11].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.0[12].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.0[13].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.0[14].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.1[15].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.0[16].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3[17].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[18].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[19].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[20].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.0[21].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[22].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[23].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[24].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.0[25].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.0[26].
  • Clojure's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10.0[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[6], functional programming language[7], and JVM language[8].

History and Context

January 1, 2007 marks the founding of Clojure[28].

Why It Matters

Clojure ranks in the top 2% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2] Clojure has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Clojure has been cited as an influence by Elixir[30], a functional programming language[31], founded in 2011[32] and Pixie[33], a programming language[34], founded in 2015[35].

FAQs

Who did Clojure influence?

Clojure has been cited as an influence by Elixir[30] and Pixie[33].

Related Entities

clojure-mode ClojureScript Common Lisp Elixir functional programming language Heraldicon Java Java virtual machine JVM language Lisp Logseq ML Penpot Pixie programming language Reconcile CSV Richard Hickey shadow-cljs

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . clojure.org. Retrieved . clojure.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . central.maven.org. Retrieved . central.maven.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [4] ↑ . cdn.oreilly.com. cdn.oreilly.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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