I beg the differ. Setting up a Clojure deps environment requires like one file, want a REPL to connect to your editor? Usually add one/two lines to the deps.edn

I beg the differ. Setting up a Clojure deps environment requires like one file, want a REPL to connect to your editor? Usually add one/two lines to the deps.edn file + install the extension for your editor. The ecosystem also has a huge emphasis on backwards compatibility and finishing libraries rather than the constant churn you see in other ecosystems. I can usually find a 5 year old Clojure library and include in my project without any problems at all, and when a major library want to try out an idea that changes the interface, they usually start a new library instead of forcing everyone to use the new interface they've come up with. I'd say if you're seeking simplicity in terms of environment and programming, Clojure is definitely the way to go. And this is coming from someone who knew 0% Java coding before jumping into Clojure, and almost never touch/read any Java code when doing Clojure programming.