Inscrutable clojure error messages

Clojure error messages are sometimes befuddling. Hope these help if you are stuck..

Exception: clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException: java.lang.Exception: EOF while reading (core.clj:78) 

This one is common enough..there is a parentheses missing.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: Invalid token: /input (core.clj:64)

I struggled with this until I figured out that the parser complains about the next string declaration, if the previous string is missing trailing doublequotes.

Learning Clojure

I've been toying around with Clojure since it was released in 2009. Coming from Java-land, once you've gotten used to the expressiveness and brevity of Clojure, Java seems like a poor cousin.

For learning Clojure, I would suggest trying to solve some (or indeed, many) problems at Project Euler.

I started learning Clojure with "Programming Clojure", an excellent book by Stuart Halloway. Its a little pricey, and the only indian-edition book available is "Practical Clojure" (which I haven't read yet).

My Project Euler icon:

and the solution repository in Github.