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Clojure is built on abstractions: sequences, references, macros, and so forth. However, most of those abstractions are implemented in Java, as classes and interfaces. It is difficult to add new abstractions to the language (for example, a queue data structure) without implementing them in Java.
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VanderHart, L., Sierra, S. (2010). Datatypes and Protocols. In: Andres, C., et al. Practical Clojure. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-7230-4_13
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