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ClojureScript won't have the startup time of the JVM and is probably better suited for command line scripting.

Why don't they integrate something like nailgun? Run a JVM in the background and redirect command line execution.

People have done that with Clojure, see cake and jark. There are tradeoffs.

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That is incorrect. It needs the JVM to compile, but once compiled it's pure JavaScript... so the startup time would only be node's.

Good point. Thanks!