Compile times will be slower than Clojure's, for sure. That also means run-time speed will be affected, due to JIT compilation time. This will not affect AOT co

Compile times will be slower than Clojure's, for sure. That also means run-time speed will be affected, due to JIT compilation time. This will not affect AOT compiled run-time speed, though. I don't have numbers yet, but you're right that compiling C++ with LLVM could be much faster. :)