On Performance and Java Interoperability: Clojure vs. Scala

Question

I have already read various accounts of Clojure vs. Scala and while I realize that both have their place. There are a few considerations that I haven\'t acquired a complete exp

Answer 1

It's now (as of May 2010) worth loking at the latest 1.2 branch of Clojure - this includes a lot of additional support for primitive types and static typing (through various type hints and protocols).

My understanding is that you can use these features when you need it to get speed equivalent to writing exactly the same code in pure Java.