Clojure's protocols influences?

Question

Was Clojure influenced by ObjectiveC Protocols? If no then how are they difference?

Answer 1

You might find these articles and links interesting:

• http://kirindave.tumblr.com/post/658770511/monkey-patching-gorilla-engineering-protocols-in - touches on objective-c a bit
• http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/clojure/Protocols - Rich Hickey on motivation for protocols
• http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/330c230e8dc857a9 - more Rich on protocols and other such things