I have not used Clojure, but it’s the singular s-expr language that addresses all of the critics. Whatever X Clojure can not directly answer, the ever expandin

I have not used Clojure, but it’s the singular s-expr language that addresses all of the critics. Whatever X Clojure can not directly answer, the ever expanding universe of solutions based on the JVM can. If the OP wants to stop painting themselves into corners, write more code. All systems offer up lots of paint and lots of corners. Only experience in those systems can guide you out of them. I’m a CL fan, so I’d turn to CL if a CL implementation will work for you. But if you’re looking for an s-expr with no excuses, it’s Clojure on the JVM. Though pretty sure GraalVM can turn even Clojure into native code if that’s a goal.