Well, what are your needs or objectives? If you just want to do Scheme on top of Java, JScheme will be fine.
The rationale behind Clojure is functional programming and concurrency: http://clojure.org/rationale For a more comprehensive answer, I'll let the man himself speaks 8) Rich does a detailed presentation of why He developed Clojure instead of using another Lisp in this presentation: http://www.lispnyc.org/wiki.clp?page=past-meetings ftp://lispnyc.org/meeting-assets/2007-11-13_clojure/clojure.mp3 If you listen to about the first 30 minutes, you'll have a clear idea of why Clojure versus any other Lisp. I bet you won't stop after 30 minutes, though, it's pretty fascinating 8) Happy exploring -- 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