Clojure

A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.

Proper noun

  1. A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.
    • Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic systems. - 2014, Colin Jones, Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code,...

Origin

From closure, respelled with the letter J from Java.