Will Clojure be able to thrive without the JVM? There have been a couple of high-profile Java vulnerabilities recently, and I’ve seen recommendations that users disable or uninstall their Java browser plugins. As much as there is to love about Java, it does have a poor reputation for exploits via the browser (and for its abysmal startup time).

Clojure is my favorite programming language, but I worry that if and when Java support begins to peter out in a serious way that Clojure will be dragged down with it. I admit I don’t follow our community’s discussions as much as I could, so I may just be uninformed, but are there any long-term plans for decoupling Clojure from the JVM? I know that ClojureScript exists but it doesn’t seem like it’s aimed toward running e.g. web servers.