Author here. This is an experiment to run the Clojure compiler in a GraalVM native-image with Crema enabled. Crema is a new way to dynamically load JVM bytecode in a native-image using an interpreter.

More info about Crema: https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/11327

I'm also the author of babashka, a native fast-starting scripting tool for Clojure. For me it's interesting to contrast both approaches and learn more about the pros/cons of each.

Thanks :)

Author here. Babashka is a native Clojure interpreter for scripting, it starts in ~5-20ms instead of the usual JVM startup. This release adds JLine3 for building TUIs, a completely revamped console REPL, and a bunch of library compatibility improvements. The charm.clj counter example in the post is a single-file script you can run right away to get an idea of the new TUI capabilities. Have fun scripting!

Babashka now has a built-in markdown library. Babashka now also has a built-in HTML parsing library: Jsoup.

Why does bb carry too much baggage? Because it has useful libraries like the above?

No, because of Graal.

Reagami author here!

Github repo here: https://github.com/borkdude/reagami

You kinda can:

https://github.com/babashka/babashka/wiki/Self-contained-exe...

Blog post here:

https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/i-replaced-react-reagent-w...

The title didn't say compiler, it just said "Google Closure". The article I linked to is very clear that it's about the library.

Updated the title