I don't see any resistance to change; it's more like Clojure folks are generally going to demand that changes be unequivocally positive. I remember the fixed-position args in Scala function literals being particularly irritating in certain circumstances; whatever one's gripe about the chosen sigils, being able to write #(%2 %) is damn handy.
This widespread Scala/Clojure rift is a myth AFAICT, outside of various spitball fights on Twitter.
This widespread Scala/Clojure rift is a myth AFAICT, outside of various spitball fights on Twitter.
Oh, and if you want to have userland reader macros in Clojure, have at it: http://briancarper.net/blog/449/clojure-reader-macros ;-)