I like clojure for server-side work, but newLisp is a great counterpart, especially if you've been spoiled by clojure features like implicit indexing and don't

I like clojure for server-side work, but newLisp is a great counterpart, especially if you've been spoiled by clojure features like implicit indexing and don't want to go back to CL. The jvm startup time makes clojure unsuitable for quick scripts, but newLisp has no such issue. It's also got enough batteries included that you don't really need to bother looking for libraries when you're doing basic scripting tasks (sockets, http client, file io all built in). Json parsing is a notable exception, but there's a good library out there by Jeff Ober if you google "newlisp json". Basically, newLisp is my scripting language of choice until self-hosted clojure becomes a reality.