There is no language that is "the greatest language in the world for everyone." It's unfortunate that you found a point of frustration with clojure (or with one

There is no language that is "the greatest language in the world for everyone." It's unfortunate that you found a point of frustration with clojure (or with one of it's 3rd party libraries?), though a single anecdote about a single problem you encountered shouldn't turn you or anyone else off a language. As for macros, they should be used with care for many reasons, this being a good example. Similarly for ruby, monkey patching should be use with great care as it can introduce more problems than a surprise recur point.