[bad_user]

> you do not have an assignment operator

Except that you do have assignment. Even more so, every def is a Var, defn definitions themselves being vars that can be redefined, in true Lisp tradition and you also have atoms and you can use mutable arrays or any mutable collections you like, with people doing plenty of that. The emphasis on its simplicity is also misleading. For example Clojure developers pride themselves on how Clojure does not do OOP, except when it does of course, plenty of examples being in Clojure's standard library, starting from really basic things such as ISeq.

And this is actually confusing beginners that read introductions such as yours and I think it's doing Clojure a slight disservice, especially because this isn't defining what Clojure is or explaining why it is awesome.

I do agree with the sentiment. Just the other day I was trying to understand a piece of C# code that was written in a classic style, mutating variables and arrays in place to calculate something that could have been described as pure and very understandable expressions. And oh my god, it's as if I forgot how that was and I hated every minute of it.

[nickbauman]

Not in any way that matters to people who use the assignment operator in other languages. Of course what you're saying is correct but pointing this out to beginners is like explaining that the steering wheel of the car can be removed and used as a lethal weapon. It's pedantic and misleading.

I don't say and I don't see others saying "Clojure does not do OOP". If you notice this feel free to point this out; even ask me for support. Our community should be exemplary of keeping these things consistent. We all need to do our part.