Why I switched to Clojure

2009-02-20

Common Lisp is a dead end.

Clojure is a fresh start on the JVM. The JVM has a future and inroads into just about everything.

And Clojure scratches my functional programming itch.

I want to be a part of Clojure's bright future.

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