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...Still not compiled to native. Which is what my question was about.

• jgalt212 10y ago
  Clojure was designed from the beginning to be a hosted language. It's its greatest strength (great Java and JS interop) and weakness (no native binaries).
  • qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    Why can't we compile it to native? Lisp wasn't even designed to be run by computers, but that didn't stop Steve Russel.
    • jgalt212 10y ago
      well, it's not just interop, but many core language functions are currently handed off to Java or JS. e.g. string operations and regex engine immediately come to mind.
      • qwertyuiop924 10y ago
        ...So hand them off to C.
        • grzm 10y ago
          There have been some that target C. I haven't looked into them other than searching for them. - https://github.com/takeoutweight/clojure-scheme https://github.com/takeoutweight/clojure-scheme - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4217898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4217898