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Clojure
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closure
English
Etymology
From en closure programming, respelled with the letter J from en Java.
Pronunciation
en closure
en En-Clojure.oga
Proper noun
en programming language A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.
en 2014 Colin Jones Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code Pragmatic Bookshelf 9781680503920 Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojures macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic systems.
Further reading
James Turner, Clojure: Lisp meets Java, with a side of Erlang, O'Reilly Radar