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Jvm is bloated. So no closure for me. I prefer Go

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yogthos|7 years ago

The claims regarding JVM bloat are largely exaggerated, especially now that the JVM introduced modules. However, if it's not your thing it's worth noting that ClojureScript happily runs on Node. Here's an example of how easy it is to get up and running with https://github.com/yogthos/mastodon-bot

fnordsensei|7 years ago

And it seems to be working on Graal, though people are trying to find a way around limitations related to reflection, so I understand.

dancek|7 years ago

I'm working on my first Clojure project and find JVM to be painful (it starts very slowly and eats lots of RAM). I'd appreciate any tips on making JVM non-bloated.