Along the lines of scripting is interactive programming. I'm working on a native Clojure dialect on LLVM with C++ interop, qalled jank. It can JIT compile C++ code, can be embedded into any C++-compatible application, and is a full Clojure dialect which doesn't hid any of its C++ runtinme. So you can do inline C++, compile C++ sources alongside your jank. and require them like a normal Clojure namespace. Worth a look if you're using C++ but you're craving something more interactive. https://jank-lang.org/