My apologies. The community is actually quite welcoming to beginners. For context, these arguments made by the original poster have been around for _years_ in

My apologies. The community is actually quite welcoming to beginners. For context, these arguments made by the original poster have been around for _years_ in the Clojure community and, frankly, those of us who have also been around for years are tired of hearing the same old complaints. It's particularly annoying because: the core team has made multiple announcements in past days/weeks about improvements to exactly what he's complaining about!