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You're just saying 'Clojure isn't as good as CL because it's not CL'. When one of the the biggest selling point is "it works seamlessly on the JVM" it's a bit d
by phyrex 10y ago
You're just saying 'Clojure isn't as good as CL because it's not CL'. When one of the the biggest selling point is "it works seamlessly on the JVM" it's a bit disingenuous to say "it's not as good as CL because it doesn't have a good C interface".
- ska 10y agoThe c interface is a bit silly, but the rest of the points are pretty good. Clojure is a reasonable lisp-on-the-JVM, but lacks some of the really good things about lisps.
- junke 10y agoYou could use JNA (Java Native Access) with Clojure[0], exactly like ABCL does with the CFFI library. [0] https://nakkaya.com/2009/11/16/java-native-access-from-clojure/ https://nakkaya.com/2009/11/16/java-native-access-from-cloju...