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Idiom #185 Execute function in 30 seconds

Schedule the execution of f(42) in 30 seconds.

import threading
timer = threading.Timer(30.0, f, args=(42,) ) 
timer.start() 
(do (Thread/sleep 30000)
    (f 42))

Clojure is a hosted language, and relies on host interop for things like this

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