Condition Systems in an Exceptional Language - Chris Houser

Why it was recommended

A great overview of the problem and some of the libs is

Recommendationpuredanger · Original2017-02

What it covers

Chris Houser's Clojure/conj talk on why Clojure's exceptions destroy information as the stack unwinds, unlike Common Lisp's condition system, which can resume from the. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

ClojureTV

Length

33 min 32 sec

Year

2015

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