Many variables are involved, but my conjecture is that it has more to do with the particulars of Compojure versus Play than it does Clojure versus Scala. For i

Many variables are involved, but my conjecture is that it has more to do with the particulars of Compojure versus Play than it does Clojure versus Scala. For instance, take a look at the numbers put up by other Scala frameworks (Unfiltered, Lift, Scalatra). There's nothing intrinsically slow about Scala.