---
title: "A Little Clojure"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-little-clojure-8bfaa3f7ec1091518295250a53df4070
source_url: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2020/04/06/ALittleClojure.html
type: article
source: "The Clean Code Blog"
published: 2020-04-06T19:17:51.000Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["clojure"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# A Little Clojure

**[The Clean Code Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/cleancoder)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A function call is really just a list. The function is the first element of the list, and the arguments are just the other elements of that list. When you want to call a function, you simply invoke the list that represents that function call. The word REPL stands for Read, Evaluate, Print Loop. It’s a very simple program that reads in an expression, evaluates that expression, prints the result.

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