Scala generates a lot less garbage, by construction. A lot of that has to do with its compilation model, which is a lot closer to Java's than Clojure's is. Clo

Scala generates a lot less garbage, by construction. A lot of that has to do with its compilation model, which is a lot closer to Java's than Clojure's is. Clojure just assumes the JVM can deal with it, and desktop ones do just fine, hence why no one noticed.