Today in the Intertweets (Nov 17th Ed.)

#Clojure Support arbitrary functional destructuring via -> and ->> (here, via @fogus). This is just a proposal, and it would work like this:

user=> (let [(-> str a) 1] a)
"1"

user=> (let [[a (-> str b) c] [1 2]] (list a b c))
(1 "2" nil)

user=> (let [(->> (map int) [a b]) "ab"] (list a b))
(97 98)

tweaked my [...]

Today in the Intertweets (Nov 16th Ed.)

A very basic attempt at Integrating JRuby, Rails and Clojure (here, via @stilkov)
Conway Game of Life in Clojure (here, via @ajlopez)
Is anyone interested in Clojure + Terracotta? I’ve not heard from anyone who is using it. (here, via @pjstadig)
A phylogenetic tree viewer in clojure (here, via @tiagoantao)

This weekend in the Intertweets (Nov 15th Ed.)

Rich Hickey on reasons behind deftype/protocol in #clojure (here, via @wmacgyver) — Rich Hickey explains a the rationale behind some design decisions for the new features of #clojure, and also provides hints on when to use them and when use the current existing alternatives (reify vs. proxy, deftype vs. defstruct, deftype vs. gen-class). There is [...]

Today in the Intertweets (Nov 12th Ed.)

Datatypes and Protocols – early experience program (here, via @ajlopez) — time to try the new features; there is even a build ready to be used
Rich Hickey’s Clojure keynote from the JVM Languages Summit posted (here, via @cemerick) — finally!!!
Moderately-deep dive on clojure refs (here, via @timbray) — Tim Bray explores clojure a little more, [...]

Today in the Intertweets (Nov 11th Ed.)

another couple of days left for 45% off #Clojure in Action – use code clojure45 (here, via @amitrathore)
Ah yes, macros… (here, via @michaelg) — Ah yes, macros are cool!
New Clojure Studio is open! (here, via@clarkware) — If you’re lucky enough to live in the area, be able to fly over there, and have the money, [...]