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• Arachne Community Update 4
• Component vs. Mount was shaping up to be the great Clojure debate of 2016, but things have been quiet recently. Here is the creator of Mount with No Ceremony. I didn’t personally find the arguments very convincing but I liked thinking critically about it.
• Running Investor Metrics on Mattermark company scores
• Is it always safe to read a string and convert it back to a string? (nope), with a follow-up Klipse demonstration
• Alex Miller says thanks for using Clojure
• Clojure, Java 9, and you

Libraries & Books.

• psq.clj 0.0.2 - Persistent Priority Search Queues
• maxiphobe 0.0.1 - Persistent Meldable Priority Queues

People are worried about Types. ?

• clojure.spec humane error messages

Foundations.

• Quadratic performance of Rust hash iteration + reinsertion
• Underscore is a keyword in Java 9
• Java SE 8u111 released with some crypto changes

Tools.

• IntelliJ 2016.3 is out. The parameter hints look useful, hopefully Cursive can take advantage of them.
• Productive Emacs: refactoring Clojure code with clj-refactor
• Lumo hits 1.0.0.

Recent Developments.

• Clojure infrastructure update from Alex Miller
• ASYNC-40 Do not transform forms that have :no-transform metadata attached (not so new, but I came across it recently)
• CLJS-1816 adds compiler timing info

Learning.

• Clojure Israel is hosting an event with the co-author of “The Art of Prolog”, Dr Ehud Shapiro. If you’re interested in making the trip or want more info, feel free to contact Daniel Szmulewicz. It sounds like it would be worth the trip if you’re in the area.
• EuroClojure 2016 Review
• Clojure Remote is introducing speaker profit sharing

Misc.

• Pragmatic Press has 40% off books this weekend, including some great Clojure ones