That hasn't been my experience. I've always been able to make use of Java libraries directly from Clojure in a straightforward way. In fact, sometimes I joke it

That hasn't been my experience. I've always been able to make use of Java libraries directly from Clojure in a straightforward way. In fact, sometimes I joke it's easier to do Java in Clojure than in Java Can you describe the kind of situations that you faced issues in? P.S.: Also, Clojure has first class interop... It's a part of its fudamental design.