It's unfair to compare JVM performance with that of C/C++ ones. Given the kind of high-level language that Clojure is, it doesn't matter if it's slightly slow t

It's unfair to compare JVM performance with that of C/C++ ones. Given the kind of high-level language that Clojure is, it doesn't matter if it's slightly slow than a C program. Today, developer time is more expensive than CPU time.