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Clojure[0] - there's too much complexity in programming that isn't inherent to the problems being solved

That is more or less what every language is trying to achieve. It would be more accurate to say "Clojure: All other Lisp implementations are impractical".



I don't think so. Many languages - I'm specifically thinking of Java and C# here - have made it their goal to manage complexity. Rich Hickey has made it an explicit goal to eliminate incidental complexity and has spoken about it on several occasions.


Clojure - because Common Lisp is getting really long in the tooth now.




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