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by tree_of_item 3127 days ago
Clojure's implementation did not have to be so complicated, there are simpler implementations of persistent data structures.

Immutability is obviously the more elegant option as far as I'm concerned: Hickey's The Value of Values[0] lays out the case quite well.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6BsiVyC1kM