planck

Yeah, for scripting you should use something like Planck: it uses clojurescript which is virtually the same language as clojure, but starts up super fast so is great for scripts: https://github.com/planck-repl/planck

Nonsense, you can learn it in your spare time bit by bit, the trick is really to take it in small pieces. If you want something for scripting aka fast startup time, then look no further than Clojurescript. There are two standalone Clojurescript environments that you can use to run clojure scripts. [1] Lumo and [2] Planck. For Clojure compiler that spits binaries there is [3] Ferret, but I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know how much of Clojue is implemented. [1] https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo [2] https://github.com/planck-repl/planck [3] https://github.com/nakkaya/ferret

Yep, now with Linux support. There's a wiki page[1] that has details on building for different distros. Works a treat on my Ubuntu 16.04 desktop. [1] https://github.com/mfikes/planck/wiki/Building

I don't agree. Planck (https://github.com/mfikes/planck) is quick and great for command line utilities written in ClojureScript. It runs on macOS' built-in JavaScriptCore. There's also an alpha version that runs on Ubuntu. Please check the Planck User Guide's section on Scripts http://planck-repl.org/scripts.html

Try Planck if you're on OS X: https://github.com/mfikes/planck

There's Planck for OS X https://github.com/mfikes/planck It uses JavaScriptCore and starts practically instantly. There's some work being done to port it to Linux/Windows as well. Here's an example: cat foo.cljs #!/usr/local/bin/planck (println "hello world: clojurescript -> planck -> as shell script") ./foo.cljs hello world: clojurescript -> planck -> as shell script Planck can be installed using homebrew now as well. Another promising option is Pixie https://github.com/pixie-lang/pixie