Early Clojure adopter here (2008). Clojure completely transformed the way that I think about programming, and Rich Hickey's talks ignited a passion for computer

Early Clojure adopter here (2008). Clojure completely transformed the way that I think about programming, and Rich Hickey's talks ignited a passion for computer science that still drives me to this day. While I use Clojure less than I used to, I view it as a truly beautiful language with a coherent and thoughtful design. The community has always been fantastic, and the thought leaders (rich, stu, fogus, chouser, david nolan, etc) have given so much to the world. I'm very happy to see the language is still making forward progress and has carved out ecosystems (i.e., finance) where it's finding solid adoption. Not much else to say besides a huge THANK YOU to everyone that has helped bring it this far. It has brought a lot of people a lot of joy.