I was thinking of the same thing a few minutes ago, and for some tasks I think one is better off with Java (IMHO, I don't even do much Java - its just the C/Jav

I was thinking of the same thing a few minutes ago, and for some tasks I think one is better off with Java (IMHO, I don't even do much Java - its just the C/Java style wins in some cases - I'm thinking of code with many array acesses). But as a high-level language for high-level tasks, for gluing pieces of code and calling libraries all around and for dynamic chancing stuff like web programming, Clojure really shines.