EDIT: HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5943982 Clojure as a language and community is very sensitive to the definition and design of tradeoffs. This post is an attempt to elucidate the tradeoffs chosen by the language, what they mean to interested parties, and an attempt to predict the future based on these choices. Motivation Rich Hickey’s said a few things about design and the rol