It&#x27;s definitely a common sentiment in the LISP community. It&#x27;s probably valid if your tech is not linked to some platform&#x2F;language&#x2F;env that doesn&#x27;t work well with Clojure.<p>I&#x27;d say the main argument against it, is that a decade ago the divide between LISPs and stacic languages (basically the mainstream at the time) was indeed huge. While today if you don&#x27;t use a LISP you&#x27;re probably going to go with a fairly dynamic and functional language anyways.<p>I&#x27;d only be wary if he has an absolutely religious conviction it&#x27;s true. If it&#x27;s an educated bet then it&#x27;s fine in my book.