[yegortimoshenko]

It makes a completely self-hosted ClojureScript compiler possible.

[reitzensteinm]

It already is, except for the final Closure Compiler pass.

[pitaj]

And that is precisely why this makes a completely self-hosted compiler pass possible.

[xntrk]

is java a requirement though? or was it only a requirement because of google closure?

[matthewbauer]

Java is no longer required.

[Skinney]

clojurescript still requires clojure for macros, no?

[swannodette]

No, ClojureScript has been bootstrappable since late summer 2015. Everything already runs in JavaScript. It's just that now the final optional optimization pass can also run in JavaScript.