Show notes
Defn Episode #02 - The Reader[ a little news: spec ]The wonders of the Reader- Compare to the C pre-processor - How it underpins the language- Reader forms- EDN / Transit- Tagged literals- Reader Conditionals (1.7+)- clojure.tools.reader- Finally, why no user defined reader macros (as in Common Lisp and Scheme)?ReferencesThe Data-Reader's Guide to the Galaxy (Clojure West, 2013) by Steve MinerSpyscope by David GreenbergMore information and links at the DEFN website https://defn.audio/2016/05/30/episode-02-the-reader/Our thanks to Ptzery for the intro and outro music (Melon Hamburger)https://soundcloud.com/ptzery/


