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		marc_omorain 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advent of Code 2025 Clojure works really well for AOC. A lot of the problems involve manipulating sets and maps, which Clojure makes really straightforward.

Barrin92 17 days ago [–]

I'll second Clojure not just for the data structures but also because of the high level functions the standard library ships with.

Things like `partition`, `cycle` or `repeat` have come in so handy when working with segments of lists or the Conway's Game-of-Life type puzzles.

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