You always compile your function, var, or file before seeing changes in Clojure. But, compilation is usually quite fast since you are linking against precompile

You always compile your function, var, or file before seeing changes in Clojure. But, compilation is usually quite fast since you are linking against precompiled binaries in your dependencies, unlike, for example, header-only sources. But to say you never compile anything in Clojure is wrong.