What are the practical benefits of LISP like syntax which Clojure uses over Java like syntax of Scala?

I spent couple of months learning Scala and got overwhelmed by number of different constructs it had,
After looking at partial functions, partially-applied functions, pattern matching, actor syntax,
I gave a thought to learning Clojure which doesn’t have too much in terms of syntax but looking at the how Java inter-operability is handled, it looks very difficult to get use to.

In what programming language did “let” first appear?

I was wondering about the origins of the “let” used in Lisp, Clojure, and Haskell. Does anyone know which language it appeared in first?

clojure/erlang/go for high volume server

I have a project that will need to handle 1000s of requests a second with a decent amount of processing for each. For the most part, the processing will be done on a list of items, basically filtering it and returning a smaller list. This process can be done in parallel fairly easily and I should also say, speed is important. I’ve narrowed my language of choice for the project down to clojure, erlang, and go, and have researched them all to a moderate degree.

Is Clojure’s syntax really simpler than Scala’s? [closed]

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How to write readable Clojure Code?

I am new to Clojure. I can understand the code I write but it becomes too difficult to understand it later.It becomes difficult to match parentheses.

Could we build a functional computer?

As mush as FP has done, in the end, all our programs are structured.
That is, it doesn’t matter how pure or functional we make a them – they are always translated to assembly,
so what actually runs behind the hoods are instructions, states and loops.
We are kind of emulating FP.

Are there any Clojure libraries for p2p? [closed]

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What did Rich Hickey mean when he said, “All that specificity [of interfaces/classes/types] kills your reuse!”

In Rich Hickey’s thought-provoking goto conference keynote “The Value of Values” at 29 minutes he’s talking about the overhead of a language like Java and makes a statement like, “All those interfaces kill your reuse.” What does he mean? Is that true?

When would I require a Macro instead of a function?

I am new to Clojure, I am new to Macros and I have no prior background in Lisp.
I went on to create my own switch case like form and ended up with this:

When would I require a Macro instead of a function?

I am new to Clojure, I am new to Macros and I have no prior background in Lisp.
I went on to create my own switch case like form and ended up with this: