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	The Joy of Clojure by Michael Fogus (Goodreads Author), Chris Houser 4.17 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The apprentice avoids all use of Java classes. The journeyman embraces Java classes. The master knows which classes to embrace and which to avoid.”
― Michael Fogus, The Joy of Clojure

tags: clojure, java, java-next, jvm, mantra

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“Make it run, then make it right, then make it fast.”
― Michael Fogus, Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js

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“Functional JavaScript by Michael Fogus (O’Reilly). Copyright 2013 Michael Fogus, 978-1-449-36072-6.”
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“When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?”
― John Maynard Keynes

tags: open-mindedness, science

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“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: books, christopher-hitchens, humour, literature, writing

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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: corruption, dark-side, fighting, monsters, soul

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“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”
― Harold Abelson, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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“Oh billions of dollars — is there no dispute you can’t settle?”
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Aug 18, 2010 06:26PM

Rob wrote: "How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?"

So far so good. Cat's Cradle is a riot so far.

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Aug 18, 2010 05:37PM

How's your Kafka/Vonnegut binge going? And how are you able to digest that much dark surrealism and absurdism at once?

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