Like many programming languages, Clojure was designed to solve the problems that its implementer (Rich Hickey) was having. That is, Rich wanted a powerful, fas

Like many programming languages, Clojure was designed to solve the problems that its implementer (Rich Hickey) was having. That is, Rich wanted a powerful, fast and complete Lisp implementation centered around concurrent processing to run on the JVM. That the JVM is front and center is a design feature. It's not a feature that will appeal to everyone, but it's a feature nonetheless.