[sultezdukes]

Clojure is already successful for many people. What you probably meant to say is that Clojure will never be mainstream. That's probably true, but I have been subscribed to the clojure mailing list for quite a while now and actually quite surprised how much Clojure code is in production.

That said, the two big "strikes" against clojure for "mainstream" adoption are as you pointed out, it's a Lisp, and it's dynamically typed.

I like the core concepts of Clojure. That there are a small set of primitives that have a uniform interface and how Clojure is anti-OO. Clojure actually does OO better than OO languages do, but that's another story.

If I could just get a Clojure with some optional typing, a python-like syntax, and awesome tools, I'd be a happy camper.