Interesting to hear about C++ in this context, since of my goals is to make C++ more like Clojure:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPhpelUfu8Q
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vohGJjGxtJQ

There is a lot of I could say about the relationship between C++ and Clojure, but I'll leave it at that for now :-)