> I thought it was a JVM-based language Clojure is not a "JVM-based" language, it's a hosted language - means Clojure is designed as an abstract language that

> I thought it was a JVM-based language Clojure is not a "JVM-based" language, it's a hosted language - means Clojure is designed as an abstract language that can be implemented on different runtime platforms. The language's core abstractions (persistent data structures, protocols, vars, etc.) are not tied to any particular host - it's just that JVM variant was first and remains the main focus. Clojurescript run on JS VMs, ClojureCLR on .NET, ClojureDart - targets DartVM, babashka is great for scripting, SCI - for small embedded Clojure DSLs. There is also Clojerl - that runs on BEAM, and Jank for native compilation. You can run Python in Clojure and Go, and it just keeps growing. Seriously, one could learn only Clojure and write code for [almost] any platform.