>> My understanding is that Clojure is meant to be Scheme like, but it is not fully compliant to a Scheme spec, my only guess is due to JVM specific nuances, bu

>> My understanding is that Clojure is meant to be Scheme like, but it is not fully compliant to a Scheme spec, my only guess is due to JVM specific nuances, but I could be wrong. Clojure's syntax and semantics are quite different from Scheme and Common Lisp: https://clojure.org/reference/lisps https://clojure.org/reference/lisps https://www.more-magic.net/posts/thoughts-on-clojure.html https://www.more-magic.net/posts/thoughts-on-clojure.html Most differences are due to design choices, not merely JVM nuances. A few differences are due to JVM limitations at the time that Clojure was designed. I don't think any attempt was made to comply with a Scheme spec.