It's part of the std lib.
But yeah you're basically on the same page as me.
Java doesn't have the ability to be extended in the ways that clojure or python can.
Python also allows for functional programming to a certain degree, but clojure is a lot more powerful when it comes to language extensions.
Additionally immutability makes your life a lot easier. Parallel computing in clojure is a no brainer, you just change your map to pmap, and that's it.
Thank you. I will look at the immutability part. I remember taking Racket in school a few years ago and that was a major thing about FPL like Racket / Lisp.
I have always wanted to look at building something again in one of the popular FPLs.
Python also allows for functional programming to a certain degree, but clojure is a lot more powerful when it comes to language extensions.
Threads as a library (for js environments) for clojure. https://github.com/clojure/core.async
Logic programming for clojure. https://github.com/clojure/core.logic
Declarative UI building, with dataflow semantics. http://reagent-project.github.io
Additionally immutability makes your life a lot easier. Parallel computing in clojure is a no brainer, you just change your map to pmap, and that's it.