How deeply does Clojure: The Essential Reference cover entry point?

Defines main’s startup role and briefly describes load-script and repl, without detailing launcher invocation.

Entry point

As explained in Clojure: The Essential Reference

A main method is a Java entry-point method that Java launchers invoke to start an application.

An entry point starts a Clojure application. The clojure.main namespace provides the main function, which parses command-line parameters and selects a program to execute; when no program is specified, it starts the REPL. section 22.0 section 22.4

Use clojure.main around two practical startup operations:

Load and evaluate a Clojure file with load-script, using either a classpath path or a filesystem path. section 22.4
Start or customize a REPL with repl, including initialization, prompts, input reading, and evaluation behavior. section 22.4

A customized REPL as an application

A calculator can define plus, minus, times, and divide, then start a REPL whose :init option makes those functions immediately available. Additional options can change the prompt, input reader, and evaluator. section 22.4

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