so Oracle is closing talks about #Clojure and #Scala at JavaOne, are they afraid too many people might actually like them? (via @MichaelDMcCray) -- Is that true? I haven't been following JavaOne all that much lately...
RT @LauJensen: Factorial of 5? Easy: (letfn [(!-?>[&$ &!](if(>,&!,1)(!-?>@(->>,&$,(*,&!)ref)(->,&!,dec))&$))](!-?>,1,5)) #clojure #eyeshurt (via @learnclojure) -- I had to copy+paste it to my ever open REPL. It produces '120'. How? I have no clue.
Is Transactional Programming Actually Easier? (here, via @letronje) -- "The [Transactional Memory] research community claims that programming with transactional memory is easier than alternatives (like locks), but evidence is scant. In this paper [...]" and a few paragraphs later "This paper offers evidence that transactional program- ming really is less error-prone than high-performance locking, even if newbie programmers have some trouble understanding transactions." Here's the original paper.
Sort your Clojure ns clauses in Emacs, for kicks. Lots more ideas for useful stuff; this is just the beginning. (here, via @technomancy) -- Called 'durendal', this new project from @technomancy aims to add all kind of clojure-related goodies to Emacs, like the one cited on the original tweet, but also compile on save, one-step initiation of lein-swank + slime-connect and paredit on the slime REPL. The to-do's are exciting too!