Clojure does have a number of sigils and special syntax, but they all seem to have s-expression alternatives. e.g. a dict can be created with {:a 1, :b 2} or (h

Clojure does have a number of sigils and special syntax, but they all seem to have s-expression alternatives. e.g. a dict can be created with {:a 1, :b 2} or (hash-map :a 1, :b 2); dereferencing an atom can be done with @a or (deref a) and so on.