It's like they have not seen how much engineering resources and talent have been put into V8 and JVM GCs, and it's only because of these state of the art GCs (a

It's like they have not seen how much engineering resources and talent have been put into V8 and JVM GCs, and it's only because of these state of the art GCs (and JITs) that Clojure is bearable and practical for day to day use. I'm almost sure the author would drop the project as soon as he realizes and lives the frustration of not being able to come anywhere near close to the performance of Clojure in the JVM.