Dropping Clojurescript in favor of JavaScript doesn't really solve the problem. Modern JavaScript has compilers, bundlers, minifiers etc that all slow down the

Dropping Clojurescript in favor of JavaScript doesn't really solve the problem. Modern JavaScript has compilers, bundlers, minifiers etc that all slow down the build process as well. Almost no one actually just open up a JavaScript file an runs it as-is in the browser these days. In addition, unlike say GTK vs a native windows app, the only perceptible difference to a user of a Clojurescript app versus some other flavor of JavaScript will be bundle size. Clojurescript embraces the JavaScript VM, unlike languages that attempt to bring their own runtime to JavaScript.