Re:Ask HN: Should I learn COBOL at 14yo in 2025?
by Capricorn2481 on Sunday March 30, 2025 @04:29PM
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> I wouldn't even put it in the same catagory as traditional lisps since those will compile down to executables and clojure run in the JVM
They "kind of" do. `:executable t` does not actually make an executable in the way most people understand it. It's a big blob with lots of stuff you would expect to be stripped out in other languages. Short of paying several grand for Lispworks, you are not going to make true executables in something like SBCL.
In contrast, Clojure with GraalVM is fairly easy to do and will give you smaller binaries.
They "kind of" do. `:executable t` does not actually make an executable in the way most people understand it. It's a big blob with lots of stuff you would expect to be stripped out in other languages. Short of paying several grand for Lispworks, you are not going to make true executables in something like SBCL.
In contrast, Clojure with GraalVM is fairly easy to do and will give you smaller binaries.