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Yes, I think one reason for Clojure's popularity is that it allows you to escape Java while still remaining on the JVM and being able to interoperate with your existing Java codeba…

Have not yet learned to use or appreciate macros. The idea of everyone having to come up with their own syntax for such commonly-needed things as, say, hashes, seems counter-produc…

I have so far stuck with Clojure instead of a Scheme primarily because of the nice literal syntax for maps, sets, vectors, and regexes that Clojure supports. I don't want to give t…