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clj-python
libpython-clj
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clj-python / libpython-clj

libpython-clj

Python bindings for Clojure

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What it is

Python bindings for Clojure

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

I wonder what Paul Graham thinks of Clojure, which is the only Lisp I really have experience with. I love being able to take advantage of all the wonderful Java libraries out…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year23 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-06-06 21:04:17 UTC to 2025-01-02 21:00:56 UTC.

02462019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 3 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC431
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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finalfantasia·Apr 19, 2020
I cannot answer your question. Since you love Python, I guess you don't have any problem with dynamic type-checking. You also mentioned Scheme, I take that as you don't mind parentheses either. :) If you would like to try something that's closest to Scheme and has access to the rich libraries in both the Python and Java ecosystems, give Clojure a try. You have access to the Java libraries out of the box and, with libpython-clj [1], you get access to your familiar Python libraries. [1] https://github.com/clj-python/libpython-clj
In Hands-on Scala Programming
iLemming·Apr 11, 2020
> It's not Clojure-dead It never ceases to amaze me. Almost every single time, whenever there's a post or a comment on HN that mentions Clojure or Clojurescript, there's always someone from outside of the Clojure community attacking the language, saying things that are simply untrue. Like people are afraid of it becoming too successful. It's not some zero-sum game - the success of one language ecosystem doesn't mean that your other, the more favorite tool would be immediately forgotten. Somehow I don't see Clojure people attacking other languages; they instead learn and borrow from them. - Python people would be like: "you can't do machine learning stuff...", and what Clojure people say? Instead of fighting Python, they're like: "We can¹, and also We have nothing against Python, we'll figure out a way to talk to it from Clojure.²" - Golan
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g people would be: "CSP be is cool," Clojure people: "Awesome, we'll borrow it just the way how you did it. Also, we like Golang, we're going to write a Clojure interpreter and linter in it.³" - R people: "Clojure is data-driven? Pfff... you know nothing about statistics ...." Clojure people: - "Oh yeah R is cool, btw. we've just figured out a way to interop from Clojure⁴." - Elixir people: "BEAM is way better than your JVM crap...", Clojure people: "Not really, but okay, we see your point, we'll build Clojure on BEAM⁵" - JS/TS people say things like "Modern Javascript is so nice, who needs Clojure now?" They get excited about stuff like React Hooks, and Clojure people: "Hmmm... actually we had a better way of dealing with stateful UI components for a few years now. We've been trying to tell you, but you never listened..." They've been saying, "Clojure is dead" for years now. But despite all the odds, Clojure is very much alive and thriving. It's the most popular language within languages with a strong FP emphasis. Just look around - it has more books, more jobs, more podcasts, more conferences, and meetups than of Haskell, OCaml, Purescript, Elm, Elixir, F#. I suggest people from other PL communities learn from Clojure people. It is a small but diverse and very friendly community of pragmatists - while others keep shoveling the same shit from one corner to another, trying to re-invent things over and over again, Clojurists keep borrowing good ideas and filtering out bad ones. And calmly and quietly keep building cool stuff and getting paid for it⁶. ¹ https://dragan.rocks ² https://github.com/clj-python/libpython-clj ³ https://github.com/candid82/joker ⁴ https://github.com/scicloj/clojisr ⁵ https://github.com/clojerl/clojerl ⁶ https://bit.ly/3a3wxNH
In What's Next for Scala
mark_l_watson·Feb 22, 2020
Another language with a syntax similar to Clojure is the Hy language built on Python (I just released a book on Hy https://leanpub.com/hy-lisp-python so I admit positive bias for the language). I used to use Clojure a lot for two consulting customers and I need to try it again. I think the project libpython-clj https://github.com/clj-python/libpython-clj looks very interesting for those of us who like Lisp and need access to deep learning tools.
In State of Clojure 2020

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