programming languages

Rank

Clojure vs Common Lisp

  1. This language excels at concurrency

    89% 11%
    Clojure 58 out of 65 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  2. This language is likely to be a passing fad

    84% 16%
    Clojure 32 out of 38 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  3. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application

    80% 20%
    Clojure 38 out of 47 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  4. I would like to write more of this language than I currently do

    78% 22%
    Clojure 51 out of 65 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  5. I usually use this language on solo projects

    77% 23%
    Clojure 45 out of 58 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  6. I would use this language for mobile applications

    76% 24%
    Clojure 40 out of 52 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  7. This language is good for distributed computing

    76% 24%
    Clojure 36 out of 47 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  8. This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).

    75% 25%
    Clojure 12 out of 16 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  9. It is easy to tell at a glance what code in this language does

    74% 26%
    Clojure 47 out of 63 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  10. This language has a good community

    74% 26%
    Clojure 46 out of 62 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  11. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time

    72% 28%
    Clojure 29 out of 40 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  12. I enjoy using this language

    72% 28%
    Clojure 47 out of 65 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  13. I would use this language for a desktop GUI project

    72% 28%
    Clojure 39 out of 54 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  14. This language has a good library distribution mechanism.

    72% 28%
    Clojure 18 out of 25 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  15. Programs written in this language tend to play well with others

    71% 29%
    Clojure 43 out of 60 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  16. I can imagine using this language in my day job

    71% 29%
    Clojure 50 out of 70 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  17. Libraries in this language tend to be well documented.

    70% 30%
    Clojure 17 out of 24 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  18. Code written in this language tends to be terse

    70% 30%
    Clojure 40 out of 57 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  19. This language is good for beginners

    70% 30%
    Clojure 42 out of 60 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  20. I would use this language for writing server programs

    70% 30%
    Clojure 42 out of 60 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  21. This language is minimal

    69% 31%
    Clojure 30 out of 43 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  22. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.

    69% 31%
    Clojure 16 out of 23 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  23. I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it

    69% 31%
    Clojure 18 out of 26 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  24. This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done

    68% 32%
    Clojure 37 out of 54 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  25. I would use this language for casual scripting

    67% 33%
    Clojure 38 out of 56 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  26. I would list this language on my resume

    67% 33%
    Clojure 35 out of 52 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  27. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality

    67% 33%
    Clojure 37 out of 55 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  28. This language has a very coherent design

    66% 34%
    Clojure 32 out of 48 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  29. Code written in this language will usually run in all the major implementations if it runs in one of them.

    66% 34%
    Clojure 12 out of 18 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  30. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces

    65% 35%
    Clojure 31 out of 47 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  31. I regularly use this language

    65% 35%
    Clojure 44 out of 67 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  32. I usually use this language on projects with many other members

    65% 35%
    Clojure 40 out of 61 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  33. I would use this language for a web project

    65% 35%
    Clojure 40 out of 61 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  34. This is a mainstream language

    65% 35%
    Clojure 13 out of 20 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  35. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct

    62% 38%
    Clojure 34 out of 54 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  36. I find code written in this language very elegant

    61% 39%
    Clojure 44 out of 72 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  37. This language is best for very large projects

    60% 40%
    Clojure 30 out of 50 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  38. I often feel like I am not smart enough to write this language

    60% 40%
    Clojure 9 out of 15 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  39. This language has a niche in which it is great

    60% 40%
    Clojure 36 out of 60 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  40. This language is expressive

    58% 42%
    Clojure 43 out of 73 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  41. I find this language easy to prototype in

    58% 42%
    Clojure 39 out of 67 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  42. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for

    57% 43%
    Clojure 23 out of 40 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  43. This language is best for very small projects

    57% 43%
    Clojure 32 out of 56 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  44. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language

    56% 44%
    Clojure 21 out of 37 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  45. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language

    56% 44%
    Clojure 38 out of 67 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  46. This language excels at text processing

    56% 44%
    Clojure 31 out of 55 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  47. Code written in this language is very readable

    56% 44%
    Clojure 36 out of 64 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  48. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features

    55% 45%
    Clojure 21 out of 38 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  49. This is a high level language

    55% 45%
    Clojure 42 out of 76 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  50. I would use this language to write a command-line app

    54% 46%
    Clojure 29 out of 53 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  51. This language has a strong static type system

    54% 46%
    Clojure 35 out of 64 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  52. There are many good open-source tools for this language

    54% 46%
    Clojure 31 out of 57 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  53. When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language

    53% 47%
    Clojure 28 out of 52 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  54. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable

    53% 47%
    Clojure 29 out of 54 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  55. I use this language out of choice

    53% 47%
    Clojure 24 out of 45 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  56. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages

    53% 47%
    Clojure 25 out of 47 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  57. I would use this language for writing embedded programs

    52% 48%
    Clojure 9 out of 17 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  58. This language has an annoying syntax

    52% 48%
    Clojure 10 out of 19 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  59. I know this language well

    52% 48%
    Clojure 266 out of 511 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  60. This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.

    52% 48%
    Clojure 13 out of 25 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  61. This language would be good for teaching children to write software

    52% 48%
    Clojure 13 out of 25 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  62. I rarely have difficulty abstracting patterns I find in my code

    51% 49%
    Clojure 29 out of 56 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  63. This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity

    50% 50%
    Clojure 28 out of 55 picked Clojure over Common Lisp Common Lisp

  64. If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement

    50% 50%
    Clojure 16 out of 32 each for Common Lisp and Clojure Common Lisp

  65. This language encourages writing reusable code.

    50% 50%
    Clojure 15 out of 30 each for Common Lisp and Clojure Common Lisp

  66. I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis

    50% 50%
    Clojure 22 out of 44 each for Common Lisp and Clojure Common Lisp

  67. It's unusual for me to discover unfamiliar features

    49% 51%
    Clojure 28 out of 55 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  68. There are many good tools for this language

    49% 51%
    Clojure 27 out of 53 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  69. This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages

    48% 52%
    Clojure 23 out of 45 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  70. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it

    48% 52%
    Clojure 26 out of 50 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  71. The resources for learning this language are of high quality

    47% 53%
    Clojure 29 out of 55 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  72. This language is suitable for real-time applications

    46% 54%
    Clojure 24 out of 45 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  73. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.

    46% 54%
    Clojure 7 out of 13 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  74. This language is good for scientific computing

    45% 55%
    Clojure 31 out of 57 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  75. If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.

    45% 55%
    Clojure 12 out of 22 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  76. Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer

    44% 56%
    Clojure 31 out of 56 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  77. There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language

    43% 57%
    Clojure 28 out of 50 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  78. I know many other people who use this language

    43% 57%
    Clojure 28 out of 50 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  79. It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong

    43% 57%
    Clojure 31 out of 55 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  80. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot

    43% 57%
    Clojure 22 out of 39 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  81. This language has many features which feel "tacked on"

    43% 57%
    Clojure 25 out of 44 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  82. This language is well documented

    43% 57%
    Clojure 33 out of 58 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  83. Learning this language significantly changed how I use other languages.

    42% 58%
    Clojure 16 out of 28 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  84. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language

    42% 58%
    Clojure 23 out of 40 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  85. This is a low level language

    41% 59%
    Clojure 36 out of 62 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  86. I use many applications written in this language

    41% 59%
    Clojure 35 out of 60 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  87. Code written in this language tends to be verbose

    41% 59%
    Clojure 35 out of 60 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  88. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language

    39% 61%
    Clojure 34 out of 56 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  89. There are many good commercial tools for this language

    39% 61%
    Clojure 31 out of 51 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  90. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood

    38% 62%
    Clojure 36 out of 59 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  91. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"

    38% 62%
    Clojure 26 out of 42 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  92. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform

    37% 63%
    Clojure 28 out of 45 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  93. This language has a high quality implementation

    35% 65%
    Clojure 18 out of 28 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  94. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread

    35% 65%
    Clojure 31 out of 48 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  95. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient

    35% 65%
    Clojure 33 out of 51 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  96. It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else

    34% 66%
    Clojure 29 out of 44 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  97. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language

    33% 67%
    Clojure 34 out of 51 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  98. I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to

    33% 67%
    Clojure 12 out of 18 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  99. Writing code in this language is a lot of work

    32% 68%
    Clojure 41 out of 61 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  100. This language is unusually bad for beginners

    31% 69%
    Clojure 45 out of 66 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  101. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.

    31% 69%
    Clojure 13 out of 19 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  102. I often get angry when writing code in this language

    31% 69%
    Clojure 11 out of 16 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  103. This language is very flexible

    31% 69%
    Clojure 44 out of 64 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  104. This language is good for numeric computing

    30% 70%
    Clojure 35 out of 50 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  105. This language excels at symbolic manipulation

    27% 73%
    Clojure 44 out of 61 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  106. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later

    25% 75%
    Clojure 23 out of 31 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  107. This language is large

    24% 76%
    Clojure 34 out of 45 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  108. This language is likely to be around for a very long time

    23% 77%
    Clojure 36 out of 47 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  109. This language has a very dogmatic community

    19% 81%
    Clojure 42 out of 52 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  110. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years

    17% 83%
    Clojure 28 out of 34 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

  111. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer

    10% 90%
    Clojure 17 out of 19 picked Common Lisp over Clojure Common Lisp

What's going on here?

The absolute rankings are interesting for large scale comparisons but when you want to know about two specific languages it's much more informative to look at how the two fare when they go directly head to head.

Here are all the statements which we've got enough comparisons between Clojure and Common Lisp to be meaningful and which of the two our users picked.

The order in which we're presenting them is a little arbitrary (sorry), but we've tried to put the things which they're both good at first so as to give you the most interesting picture of it.