I suspect, there are numerous possible ways to answer that question. One 
can ignore it, others would care to offer superficial, "no it isn't", but I 
guess, few would answer, it is because clojure is the member of the Lisp 
family of programming languages. Which immediately invites predictable 
question.


 Why is Lisp so powerful?

I guesstimate, there are three possible responses on that question. One is 
to ignore it, second one is to take it as encouragement for further 
inquiry, and the third one is to say something along the following lines: 
“It is because of the lists, dummy. Lisp is built on lists.”


Very well then, why are lists so powerful?


Yes, there is answer(s), but as I hope we all know, every answer opens the 
door for new questions and problems. In other words, we have an, hopefully 
clear and self-understandable, answer to why is Lisp so powerful, but we 
are now facing numerous, previously unimaginable choices and opportunities 
to improve Lisp further, which is the reason why I am putting this message 
here, in the group dedicated to the new and continually improving member of 
Lisp programming family.


I hope to solve and clarify as many as I can, but it demands time and other 
resources, which is why I decided to put answer(s) and reasons for them in 
a book. It is called “Arrogance of Abstraction”, and it is available 
through Amazon. Amazon allows, even encourages authors, to put an effort to 
contact audience. In other words, it will be available for free download 
from Amazon at following days this month: 2013-09-08 and 2013-09-13. I 
haven't decided yet at what other days will be available for download. If 
you have an advice, feel free to put it here.


Thank you for your patience

Tomislav Tomsic

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