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Former discussion on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3589374 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3589374

• halgari 15y ago
  PyClojure (in the link) didn't actually take it to the extent we are. clojure-py goes so far as to implement all the standard collections in pure python. So [1 2 3] in clojure-py is a PersistentVector not a python list.
  • nickik 15y ago
    Why? If your going to rewritte the collections, why not in Clojure? Speed?
    • halgari 15y ago
      Mostly because we have to have these collections inside the compiler. So it's a bit hard to write collections in a language that has no compiler. Chicken/egg issue..
      • zephjc 15y ago
        Well now that you have a compiler you can rewrite it in clojure-py to make clojure-py-in-clojure-py :)