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> you're going to need to write a web app, and then it's super annoying that your frontend code is in a completely different language than the backend, with completely different quirks

It's a shame that there's nothing about Clojure(script), because it does fix many problems mentioned: Javascript is ugly, yada-yada

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On one hand, I really like Clojure (and Lisp in general). On the other, I find that I have to have a much higher level of focus to get anything done in a Lisp, and 90% of my time I'm fighting to stay on task anyhow. When I was doing Clojure, it wasn't uncommon for me to have days of struggling to understand the (very terse) code punctuated by a few hours here and there of extremely productive programming.

Those productive hours were very, very satisfying, but the biggest thing I took away from the experience was that it underscored my ADD. If I didn't have ADD, I think I would be spending a lot more of my time in Clojure/Lisp.