In a broader sense, it's because Clojure was designed to embrace the underlying runtime. As well as eliminating problems with leaky abstractions (as others have pointed out), it also encourages post to other runtimes like the CLR and JavaScript (clojurescript)
Does anyone have a link to a Rich Hickey video or article where he covers this off? I know I've seen a few but I haven't stored the links Cheers Adrian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
