Ep 089: Branching Out

Functional Design in Clojure

Each week, we discuss a different topic about Clojure and functional programming.

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This week, the topic is: “if, when, case, condp, and cond.” We wander through the myriad ways of making decisions and listing choices in Clojure.

Selected quotes:

• “Clojure is all about the practical.”
• “Never be afraid of the in-line if.”
• “We need to conserve parentheses, for future generations of lispers.”
• “Build up the language to the vocabulary of your domain, and you won’t have to think about the language any more, you’ll just be thinking about your problem.”
• “Where are you in programming, without branching?”

Links:

• if
• when
• case
• cond
• condp

Related Episodes:

• 086: Let Tricks
• 087: Polymorphic Metal