Take a look at core.cache - https://github.com/clojure/core.cache ~BG

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Omer Iqbal <momeriqb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been reading a bit about the STM, and here's an implementation of a
> FIFO cache for producing a memoized version of a function. Is it correct to
> use the STM in this case, or are there any  drawbacks?
>
> (defn bounded-memoize
>   "Return a bounded memoized version of fn 'f'
>    that caches the last 'k' computed values"
>   [f k]
>   (let [cache (ref {})
>         values (ref clojure.lang.PersistentQueue/EMPTY)]
>     (fn [& args]
>       (if-let [e (find @cache args)]
>         (val e)
>         (let [result (apply f args)]
>           (dosync
>            (alter values conj args)
>            (alter cache assoc args result)
>            (if (> (count @values) k)
>              (let [evict (peek @values)]
>                (alter values pop)
>                (alter cache dissoc evict))
>              )
>            result
>            ))
>
>         )
>       ))
>   )
>
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