> Then why do nearly all (probably 95%) Clojure devs use either Emacs or LightTable?
Why should it even be a question?!
Seeing it this way is a mistake. Most developers use tools they are comfortable with, and beginners use what they see in tutorials.
Now about why this repartition, well: Clojure allows you to work with a REPL. Therefore, it's no surprise that developers stick to the "few" editors that allow this style of development. You can see this going with Scala, too.
This said, nothing I know of in Clojure forces you to stick to those editors. Most Java developers use Eclipse or Netbeans, yet, nothing prevents you to use IntelliJ.
Why should it even be a question?!
Seeing it this way is a mistake. Most developers use tools they are comfortable with, and beginners use what they see in tutorials.
Now about why this repartition, well: Clojure allows you to work with a REPL. Therefore, it's no surprise that developers stick to the "few" editors that allow this style of development. You can see this going with Scala, too.
This said, nothing I know of in Clojure forces you to stick to those editors. Most Java developers use Eclipse or Netbeans, yet, nothing prevents you to use IntelliJ.