No, they just want some static tooling on top of a dynamic language.<p>We use Typed Clojure where I work. To say it&#x27;s because we &quot;don&#x27;t want to write Clojure by hand anymore&quot; would be nonsense.<p>Reading your comments in this thread, I think you&#x27;ll find out one day that people just have different appetites for different trade-offs and that&#x27;s really all there is to it. No need to wheedle, condescend, or link Paul Graham essays.