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+title: "Uncle Bob’s favorite programming language— but why 🤔"
+source: "https://blog.devgenius.io/uncle-bobs-favorite-programming-language-but-why-8fc3f85c77a8"
+author:
+  - "[[Kirubakaran]]"
+published: 2024-09-19
+created: 2024-10-29
+description: "Robert C. Martin, also fondly known in the technology circle as “Uncle Bob,” is a highly influential figure in the software development world. He’s a renowned author, speaker, and consultant, best…"
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+Robert C. Martin, also fondly known in the technology circle as “Uncle Bob,” is a highly influential figure in the software development world.
+
+![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*M1hI0UNWMe1f9uYf.jpg)
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+He’s a renowned author, speaker, and consultant, best known for his teachings of clean code principles, agile methodologies, and software craftsmanship.
+
+> He’s the author of numerous influential books like “Clean Code” and “The Clean Coder,” and he was one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto.
+
+Do you want to know what his clean code advice ?
+
+Uncle Bob’s work has significantly improved modern software development practices, emphasizing the importance of code quality, maintainability, and professionalism among developers.
+
+Out of all the programming languages we have, Uncle Bob chooses “Clojure”. You want to find it why?
+
+> Clojure’s minimalist syntax and importance of functional programming allow to write elegant code that makes easier to read and understand.
+
+ex: Filtering and transforming data
+
+```
+(->> (range 10)   ; Create a sequence of numbers from 0 to 9     (filter even?) ; Keep only the even numbers     (map inc)      ; Increment each number by 1     (reduce +))    ; Sum the resulting numbers
+```
+
+> Clojure gives importance to functional programming & immutability
+
+ex: Updating a nested data structure
+
+```
+(def data {:user {:name "Alice" :age 30}})(assoc-in data [:user :age] 31) ; Returns a new map with the updated age
+```
+
+> Clojure leverages Java ecosystem which helps to use many tools/libraries
+
+```
+(import java.time.LocalDate)(LocalDate/now) ; Get the current date using Java's LocalDate class
+```
+
+Clojure’s built-in concurrency support help to leverage the modern computing systems
+
+```
+(defn square [x] (* x x))(pmap square (range 10)) ; Compute squares in parallel
+```