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Learning Clojure through Logo

Elango Cheran, Timothy Pratley at Clojure/conj 2017

“A Lisp by any other name would be as fun and simple,” Shakespeare once said.* People who first learn programming through Logo, or its graphical spinoffs Blockly and Scratch, often reminisce of fun and simplicity. Logo and Clojure are also both a Lisp, so what’s easy in one language should inspire or carry over to the other. We introduce clojure-turtle and Power Turtle as ways to soften the Clojure learning curve, with Power Turtle itself being vivid proof of the power and flexibility of Clojure.

(* Or maybe not)