I wouldn't say that the article gets down to the nitty gritty of what Clojure is capable at all. It's a great series about a high profile hacker having a go at what I think is a great new programming language.
For a down and gritty analysis of Clojure optimization you're better served reading Christophe Grand's posts. Or even my own fast but butt ugly optimization of Uncle Bob's Jarvis March- http://github.com/swannodette/convex-hull/blob/master/convex... where I use macros to inline everything.
For a down and gritty analysis of Clojure optimization you're better served reading Christophe Grand's posts. Or even my own fast but butt ugly optimization of Uncle Bob's Jarvis March- http://github.com/swannodette/convex-hull/blob/master/convex... where I use macros to inline everything.
His version ran in 25s, mine in about 0.5.