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Re:SICP in Clojure by billsix on Saturday January 18, 2014 @12:58AM (#7080276)
> Maybe that is the reason why Clojure has growing industry adoption while scheme does not

what is "that"? the lack of tail call optimization?

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Re:SICP in Clojure by reitzensteinm on Saturday January 18, 2014 @04:55AM (#7080652)
Indirectly, yes. Lack of TCO is a byproduct of being on the JVM, but the JVM is the biggest reason why you can write production systems in Clojure today.
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