# Scicloj public meeting: Common Lisp for the Curious Clojurian
**URL:** https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060
**Category:** Meetups and Events
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060 "2021-01-20T20:38:35Z")
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/1 "2021-01-20T20:38:35Z")
Next week, on Jan. 28th, we will meet [Alan Dipert](https://tailrecursion.com/~alan/Home.html) for a talk about Common Lisp for Clojurians!
Probably, many of you know Alan from projects such as [Hoplon](https://hoplon.io/) and [Boot](https://github.com/boot-clj). Recently, Alan has been involved in the R [Shiny](https://shiny.rstudio.com/) project, [making it extensible with React.js](https://rstudio.com/resources/rstudioconf-2019/integrating-react-js-and-shiny/), and has also been working on [JACL](https://tailrecursion.com/JACL/) – a [Common Lisp](https://common-lisp.net/) compiler for the browser, that brings up some refreshing options for web development.
In this public meeting, Alan will present Common Lisp for the Clojure audience. JACL and web development will probably be mentioned, but will not be the main focus.
If you have any friends who are Common Lisp people, you may invite them too, but the presentation will be geared specifically to the Clojure crowd.
Time: [16:00 on Thursday, January 28, 2021 UTC - Time.is](https://time.is/1600_28_Jan_2021_in_UTC/)
Please [RSVP](http://bit.ly/scicloj-common-lisp-meetup-registration).
Here is the talk’s abstract:
# Common Lisp for the Curious Clojurian
> “If I had to be stranded with something other than Clojure, I’d be
> happiest with a good Common Lisp and its source code.” - Rich
> Hickey, 2011 [1]
Common Lisp (CL) and Clojure are both dialects of Lisp. Rich Hickey,
the creator of Clojure, learned CL and used it professionally before
creating Clojure.
What can Clojure do that CL can’t, and vice versa? Why would anyone
use CL today, when both Clojure and ClojureScript exist?
In this talk, I will try to answer these questions and more, from the
perspective of a long-time Clojurian with a growing passion for CL.
1. [Code Quarterly](https://web.archive.org/web/20110613010428/http://www.codequarterly.com/2011/rich-hickey/)
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/2 "2021-01-21T19:43:16Z")
[At the r/lisp subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/l1iz5i/meetup_next_week_common_lisp_for_the_curious/), PuercoPop suggested a previous talk by Hans Hübner on similar topics:
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y0LUZ7gbWbk/maxresdefault.jpg "clojureD 2016: "Is Clojure an acceptable Lisp?" by Hans Hübner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LUZ7gbWbk)
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/3 "2021-01-24T20:46:57Z")
Good news: the meetup moderator will be @Daniel_Szmulewicz.
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/4 "2021-01-26T22:31:30Z")
See you on Thursday!
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### Author:  [@maacl](https://clojureverse.org/u/maacl)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/5 "2021-01-28T08:56:29Z")
Please excuse my ignorance, but is there a link to the meeting?
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/6 "2021-01-28T12:10:59Z")
Hi @maacl!
You can join here:
[RSVP](http://bit.ly/scicloj-common-lisp-meetup-registration)
Then we’ll send you a calendar invitation with the Zoom link.
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/7 "2021-01-28T12:12:13Z")
Oh, sorry, I see you’ve already joined.
Just sent you the invitation.
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### Author:  [@simon-katz](https://clojureverse.org/u/simon-katz)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/8 "2021-01-28T16:02:00Z")
I signed up about half-an-hour ago, but I haven’t received the Zoom link. ☹
Is there any way for me to join?
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### Author:  [@simon-katz](https://clojureverse.org/u/simon-katz)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/9 "2021-01-28T16:07:50Z")
(Email arrived now.)
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/10 "2021-01-28T16:11:57Z")
@simon-katz thanks for your patience.
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### Author:  [@tterhune](https://clojureverse.org/u/tterhune)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/11 "2021-01-31T00:42:06Z")
I was unable to attend, was there a recording of the event? Thank you for putting this event on!!
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/12 "2021-01-31T12:48:18Z")
Hi @tterhune !
It will be shared here in a day or two. 😊
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/13 "2021-02-03T09:01:18Z")
@tterhune and everybody:here is the recording of the Common Lisp talk:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Q9ew9JH_U)
Many thanks to Alan Dipert for the brilliant talk, and to @Daniel_Szmulewicz for the wise facilitation.
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### Author:  [@daslu](https://clojureverse.org/u/daslu)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/14 "2021-02-03T09:38:00Z")
Slides: [http://bit.ly/scicloj-common-lisp-slides](http://bit.ly/scicloj-common-lisp-slides%E2%80%8B)
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### Author:  [@system](https://clojureverse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/scicloj-public-meeting-common-lisp-for-the-curious-clojurian/7060/15 "2021-08-04T21:38:03Z")
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