Rich Hickey Explains Clojure's Design and Concurrency

jasonofthel33t · Interview · YouTube title: Expert to Expert: Rich Hickey and Brian Beckman - Inside Clojure

Why it's here

HN commenters call it a fantastic introduction to Clojure and the thinking behind its design.

What it covers

A Channel 9 Going Deep interview in which Brian Beckman talks with Rich Hickey, creator of Clojure, about the language's design. It covers Clojure's persistent data structures, reference types and its approach to concurrency on the JVM.