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Re:Compiling ClojureScript Projects Without the JVM by chrisseaton on Thursday November 02, 2017 @10:52AM (#15610902)
ClojureScript compiles to JavaScript doesn't it? And isn't ClojureScript written in ClojureScript? So why would you need a JVM in the first place? What is new?
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Re:Compiling ClojureScript Projects Without the JVM by evilduck on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:03AM (#15611023)
Google Closure Compiler being available to JS is relatively new. That was previously a JVM only ability.
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Re:Compiling ClojureScript Projects Without the JVM by chrisseaton on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:19AM (#15611181)
Why do you need Closure though? If ClojureScript's compiler compiles to JS, why do you need Closure? You already have JS code and can already run it.
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Re:Compiling ClojureScript Projects Without the JVM by oneweekwonder on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:07PM (#15611617)
As mentioned cljs needs the google closure tools, basicly for Libraries, Dependency management and Aggressive code minification. Clojurescript has a short about[0] on their website.

[0]: https://clojurescript.org/about/closure

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Re:Compiling ClojureScript Projects Without the JVM by jnmandal on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:35AM (#15611327)
ClojureScript relies on closure compiler for dead code elimination.
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