Clojure is a highly practical Lisp that retains most of the Lisp mystique. Previous Lisps were impractical largely due to lack of libraries, but Clojure comes

Clojure is a highly practical Lisp that retains most of the Lisp mystique. Previous Lisps were impractical largely due to lack of libraries, but Clojure comes with first class Java interop out of the box. But you still get macros.