Some inaccuracies here. ClojureScript does not have to be compiled by Google Closure. That pass is an optional one for production builds. There is no "bridging" when using the Closure Compiler with non-Closure compatible code. The issue is that in production mode the Closure Compiler will make aggressive assumptions about what it can rename. So it's not about bridging it's about preventing renaming - again this is only relevant for advanced production builds.
That said for non-Web applications or applications where advanced compilation isn't that useful providing a bootstrapped ClojureScript is desirable. We've been working on that slowly for a long time now. In the coming months you'll see changes such that the ClojureScript compiler can itself be compiled into JavaScript.
That said for non-Web applications or applications where advanced compilation isn't that useful providing a bootstrapped ClojureScript is desirable. We've been working on that slowly for a long time now. In the coming months you'll see changes such that the ClojureScript compiler can itself be compiled into JavaScript.