Why Clojure over other JVM Lisps: Kawa, Armed Bear or SISC?
Kawa, ABCL, and SISC are reimplementations of existing languages that are quite long in the tooth. They are excellent if for some reason you want to use standard Scheme or standard Common Lisp on the JVM. Clojure is a new language. It doesn’t fill a gap. It adds entirely new possibilities. It favors a purely … Read more