Clojure is popular for these exact reasons. Clojure apps are deployed like any Java app, and they can access the huge library of Java. Java also deploys an im

Clojure is popular for these exact reasons. Clojure apps are deployed like any Java app, and they can access the huge library of Java. Java also deploys an image that needs to be executed in a runtime, but the industry is so familiar with the JVM that it is a moot point.