What advantage does common lisp reader macros have that Clojure does not have?

Question

I have been using Clojure alot recently but I still don\'t understand what functionality I do not get that common lisp reader macros provide. Can explain explain this to me

Answer 1

A simple example. Common Lisp has a different reader syntax for vectors #() instead of []. But with the ability to create custom reader macros you can have a reader macro that traslates [2 3 4 5] to a vector in Common Lisp as well.

Since most users won't be aware of the meaning of reader macros one has created they are rarely used and to avoid the confusion altogether Rich Hickey decided to remove the ability to have user defined reader macros in Clojure. Clojure, however, has predefined reader macros - quote, vector, regex, map, etc