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core.async in Browsers

Tue 29 Jul 2014 04:36:36 PM CDT

Javascript's concurrency model forces code to give up control of when a callback will be called. `core.async` gives you back that control and hence lets you code in a more natural style.

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core.async Code Style

Tue 10 Jun 2014 11:03:57 PM CDT

If your functions return `core.async` channels instead of taking callbacks, you encourage them to be used within `go` blocks. Unchecked, this encouragement could proliferate your use of `go` blocks unnecessarily. There are some coding conventions that can minimize this problem.

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Conveyor Belts: Nature's core.async Channels

Thu 13 Nov 2014 01:25:18 PM CST

Conveyor belts are strikingly similar to Clojure core.async channels. While it could be a coincidence, there is speculation that conveyor belts were influenced by a deep understanding of core.async.

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Elm FRP in Clojure core.async

Fri 14 Nov 2014 04:15:34 PM CST

Elm is an exciting FRP language. I implemented the FRP part in Clojure using core.async.

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Is core.async Against the Clojure Philosophy?

Wed 06 Aug 2014 07:32:36 AM CDT

Clojure core.async is a way to manage mutable state. Isn't that against functional programming?

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Pre-Conj Interview: Julian Gamble

Fri 24 Oct 2014 10:34:36 PM CDT

Julian Gamble interview about core.async and ClojureScript.

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Pre-conj Prep: Julian Gamble

Sat 04 Oct 2014 06:26:54 PM CDT

Julian Gamble will give a talk about core.async in ClojureScript.

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Token Buckets with core.async

Mon 10 Nov 2014 08:58:57 PM CST

Token Bucket is a simple algorithm for rate limiting a resource. It's easy to understand because you can reason about it in terms of real-world objects. core.async makes this algorithm very clear and easy.

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Willy Wonka and the core.async Guidelines

Fri 10 Oct 2014 12:08:19 PM CDT

There are a few conventions in core.async that are not hard to use once you've learned them. But learning them without help can be tedious. This article presents three guidelines that will get you through the learning curve.

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