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Clojure code base analysis

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
clojure
Domain
documentation

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. First clarify whether a repository analysis is wanted and what artifact would count as done; the issue currently provides context and external links but no actionable change.

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Description

Clojure code base is very stable and takes a very thoughtful approach to design

One of the goals of Clojure is to provide backwards compatibility, which requires being methodical about adding features. The side-effect of that is very little code churn.

Data analysis of GitHub repository

https://twitter.com/thesephist/status/1472644432621150220?t=qrgUa7Qfllibj0XThbsMeA&s=19

Note: GitHub repository is not open to PRs. Changes are via ask.clojure.com and Jira tickets (so each and every change can be considered by the core team)

Other code analysis tools
Dominant language
Makefile
Stars
117
Forks
36
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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