Clojure Shell Scripts on Debian

So I managed to install a very recent clojure through Debian's package manager, and it just worked.

And my next thought is: "If it's somehow become a proper part of Debian, does that mean I can do shell scripts?"

so

cat >test.clj

#!/usr/bin/env clojure
(print "hello")

chmod +x test.clj

./test.clj

(2 second pause...)

hello

Compare with the python equivalent:

cat >test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
print("hello")

chmod +x test.py

./test.py
hello

The only difference is the lack of a two second pause. Python responds instantly.

I can live with a two second pause.

I am totally amazed and pleased by this. It feels much more like a proper programming language than it used to. It's too good to be true.

I wonder if we've got a command line argument parser yet.