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Re:Emacs script pitfalls by bostan on Sunday November 23, 2014 @09:56PM (#8650844)
I have to add Clojure to the list.
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Re:Emacs script pitfalls by michaelsbradley on Sunday November 23, 2014 @10:02PM (#8650863)
The startup-time/overhead of Clojure/JVM make it a not so great choice for command-line scripting.

In general, sure, it's a powerful tool.

[ Edited: in light of the reply below. ]

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Re:Emacs script pitfalls by omaranto on Sunday November 23, 2014 @10:07PM (#8650879)
You mean Clojure's startup-time, the JVM starts up pretty fast!

http://nicholaskariniemi.github.io/2014/02/11/jvm-slow-start...

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Re:Emacs script pitfalls by michaelsbradley on Sunday November 23, 2014 @10:10PM (#8650887)
Ah, good point, thanks for the link.
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