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I don't think Clojure was ever growing at a huge clip, but it seems to be doing about the same as Scala, see eg the pie at https://snyk.io/blog/kotlin-overtakes
by fulafel 5y ago
I don't think Clojure was ever growing at a huge clip, but it seems to be doing about the same as Scala, see eg the pie at https://snyk.io/blog/kotlin-overtakes-scala-and-clojure-to-become-the-2nd-most-popular-language-on-the-jvm/ https://snyk.io/blog/kotlin-overtakes-scala-and-clojure-to-b...
Kotlin is just Java with improvements and it has major corporate push from Google, so it's natural for it to ride the big volumes.
I think long term Clojure is going to keep doing well, despite modest pie slice of JVM dev, because lots of people continue to prefer its simplicity + dynamic FP + unique approach to data, plus the excellent ClojureScript side, and it doesn't really have competition or alternatives on the JVM (unlike Scala, where Kotlin/Java are co-opting features).