Description
jank is the cutting-edge native Clojure dialect, built on LLVM, with seamless C++ interop. jank is unlocking rich interop with the native world, competitive performance, and an easy native embedding story. In this talk, we'll cover how and where jank is innovating, the amazing things jank can do, and why having a rich native Clojure dialect matters. This will include topics like our unprecedented C++ interop, gorgeous error messages, impressive performance, easy binary distribution, and more. Viewers will leave this talk inspired to use jank for game development, desktop GUI apps, scientific computing, and whatever they can dream.
Speaker: Jeaye Wilkerson, Creator of jank, the native Clojure dialect
Jeaye has a background in C++ systems programming, specifically with games and game engines. For the past two years, he's been focusing full-time on building jank so that the worlds of C++ and Clojure can be merged.
0:00 Introduction to Jank
3:02 Why C++ integration?
5:02 Host interoperability
10:35 Compilation model
12:56 Type system integration
17:32 C++ type representation
19:35 Build systems
21:43 Game development demo
24:07 Tooling and ecosystem
26:06 Error reporting
29:58 Performance analysis
32:18 Use cases and vision
34:17 The future of Jank
38:00 Closing demo