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billsix
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SICP in Clojure
> Maybe that is the reason why Clojure has growing industry adoption while scheme does not
what is "that"? the lack of tail call optimization?
reitzensteinm
on Jan 18, 2014
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Indirectly, yes. Lack of TCO is a byproduct of being on the JVM, but the JVM is the biggest reason why you can write production systems in Clojure today.
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what is "that"? the lack of tail call optimization?