From a language perspective I think it is pretty close. I give clojure the nod because of default immutable data, which helps force the think in terms of trans

From a language perspective I think it is pretty close. I give clojure the nod because of default immutable data, which helps force the think in terms of transforming input to output. I also think Clojure wins on other features. Being able to create a one file deployment that packages all of my dependencies (including Clojure) in to a single file. Performance and multi threading both give clojure another bump.