This is the story of how one programmer's obsession with simplicity quietly reshaped how the software world thinks about time, immutability, and what it means to write code that lasts. From a sabbatical pet-project to the backbone of one of the world's largest fintechs and a global community that treats their language like a philosophy. This is the story of Clojure.
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The Clojure Documentary features:
Alessandra Sierra, Alex Miller, Chris Houser, David Nolen, Ed Wible, Eric Normand, Eric Thorsen, Lucas Cavalcanti, Michael Fogus, Nathan Marz, Rich Hickey, Steph Hickey, and Stuart Halloway.
Film Credits:
Directed by: Cormac Dunne
Produced by: Emma Tracey
Additional direction: Joey Bania
Music supervision and sound design: Tomás Malara
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For a full overview of all the papers, talks, essays, etc. that appear in the film, check this link: https://clojure.org/about/documentary
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