Except I have answers for those questions. And those influence my decisions in real life. I like puppies. And I abhor murder. Anyways, my questions are exactly

Except I have answers for those questions. And those influence my decisions in real life. I like puppies. And I abhor murder. Anyways, my questions are exactly the set of questions that led me to Clojure. Honestly, the main advantage of Clojure being a Lisp is macros. And I didn't bother mentioning those, because that's not something most programmers need/want (not without understanding how they work). I think my list a pretty real list of things that many programmers want after some experience that Clojure satisfies that other languages do not, or not all at the same time.