Wrapping Up
In this chapter we explored the ideas behind Clojure’s somewhat odd but it grows on you after a while syntax. We saw how Clojure syntax is a bit odd because it’s a compromise between being a good programming-language syntax and a good syntax for data. But that compromise pays off in a big way: by using the same syntax and data structures for code and data, we can roll the entire Clojure programming language into two simple functions: read and eval.
Now that you understand the ideas behind Clojure’s syntax, it’s time to turn to the final topic of this book: macros.
Footnotes
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