Continuing the discussion from Shortand clojure syntax for properties on hashmaps:
hmm, as we are using a Lisp, you could use a macro like for example:
(defmacro nmap [& xs]
(cons 'hash-map
(interleave (map (comp keyword name) xs) xs)))
and then use it like
(let [a 1, b 2, c 3]
(nmap a b c))
yielding
{:c 3, :b 2, :a 1}