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Comment by virtualwhys

Clojure's not dying, but it's also not thriving[1].

I think it will continue on as a solid niche language for the foreseeable future, but it's highly unlikely that the language will grow by leaps and bounds barring some must-have innovation in the Clojure language and/or ecosystem that gets the tech world to take it more seriously.

There are so many options these days that it's tough to stand out from the crowd. Clojurescript, while interesting, is a dime-a-dozen with Elm, Purescript, Scala.js, Typescript, etc. all on offer, and with static types to boot. Also, Lisp itself is a tough sell, mainstream adoption isn't in the cards without a major paradigm shift.

[1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0_lcrx4,%2...

parent virtualwhys 9 years ago

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