Clojure is definitely more than an experiment. It processes many millions of dollars daily through things like banks and even at Walmart. It might not be used a

Clojure is definitely more than an experiment. It processes many millions of dollars daily through things like banks and even at Walmart. It might not be used a lot, but experiment is not accurate at all. You didn't flesh out your comment about Java, they used to also transpile to C# and still to Javascript. I think Java's fast memory allocator is particularly suitable to the immutable data structure memory requirements. I also find the JVM a very robust and mature platform. It's also a great gateway being able to interop into corporate environments as a way to get traction. I am curious what other language you think would be better given those desired traits that Hickey designed for.