[hcarvalhoalves]

Lately GraalVM can be used to compile a native binary, since Clojure compiles down to Java bytecode.

https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/native-clojure-and-graalvm/

Sometimes the trade-off of slow startup vs. having a JIT'ed VM is better, since you get a lot more performance, if you're working w/ long-lived processes.