The same applies to a lot of "slow startup" cases independent of language. For example your big Python or Java app doesn't start slowly because the VM is slow to start, it is slow to start because it loads and runs a lot of code while starting up.
These days there are fast-startup options available for Clojure of course for use in eg serverless apps (eg Graal, Babashka, or using ClojureScript).
These days there are fast-startup options available for Clojure of course for use in eg serverless apps (eg Graal, Babashka, or using ClojureScript).