As far as I can tell, Clojure is pretty seriously popular. Before Clojure, and before Java 8, I wasn't attracted to the JVM very much at all, because I didn't e

As far as I can tell, Clojure is pretty seriously popular. Before Clojure, and before Java 8, I wasn't attracted to the JVM very much at all, because I didn't enjoy writing Java code, I am seriously allergic to startup times, and I like my tools to fit in nicely in a GNU/Linux environment. I'm not a huge Clojure fan either, but I don't mind working with it. On a subconscious level I feel like Java is controlled by corporate leviathans that kind of terrify me, but I don't know how true this is.