Jared wrote:
I'm a little confused over when to use a var vs. a ref vs. an agent
vs. an atom. For writing small (<200 lines) single-threaded programs
when do I want to use each one?
ref - When you need to mutate multiple things together synchronously.
atom - When you need to mutate a single thing synchronously.
agent - When you need to mutate a single thing asynchronously.
var - Only for top level bindings which can be mutated globally or on a
per-thread basis.
All of the above are thread-safe and can be used to build concurrent
applications; which one you choose is entirely your decision.
Clojure provides you all the tools that you *might* need. You just have
to be responsible about using those tools.
Hope that helps. Shoot back if you have more questions.
Regards,
BG
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