[dgreensp]

How does the output of the ClojureScript-compiler-in-ClojureScript compare to the real thing? Do you lose the Google Closure optimizations, and if so, does that mean it isn't a good idea to compile your web app using the ClojureScript compiler running in Node (for example)? It's nice if you can compile ClojureScript on a machine without Java.

[gw]

Correct; you do not get the benefit of Google Closure when using the bootstrapped compiler. The JVM-based compiler will continue to be the best way to compile ClojureScript projects for production.