REPL up!
REPL is the interpreter of Clojure, and it is an acronym of Read Evaluate Print Loop. Unlike other interpreter languages, such as Python or Ruby, Clojure REPL automatically compiles into Java's byte code after the reading expression. Then, REPL evaluates the expression and returns the result of the expression. This dynamic compilation feature of REPL makes Clojure code execution as fast as executing pre-compiled code.
Getting ready
Before you set up your Clojure environment, the Java Development Kit (JDK) is necessary. The JDK version should be 1.6 or later. Throughout the book, we will use JDK 1.8 to develop and test the code.
This is how the command-line result will look, once you type java -version:
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