All of those could have been and a lot of them are libraries in the CL ecosystem though(with varying degrees of quality unfortunately). I feel the reason clojure is a separate language at all is because it would be pretty hard to get a lot of non-lispers interested in a collection of lisp libraries, while getting them to try a new language especially on a familiar platform is relatively easier, especially if you are a talented speaker like Rich and some of the other early clojure adopters.
Other reasons might include the fact that the CL ecosystem in late 10 years ago was light-years behind what it is now. And of course people have an irrational repulsion to some characteristics, like the reader upcasing all symbols by default, which has caused me 0 problems other than the fact that I though it was weird in the beginning.
No disrespect to clojure, it probably got a lot of people interested in common lisp and scheme as a result of existing, but that's my view of things.
Other reasons might include the fact that the CL ecosystem in late 10 years ago was light-years behind what it is now. And of course people have an irrational repulsion to some characteristics, like the reader upcasing all symbols by default, which has caused me 0 problems other than the fact that I though it was weird in the beginning.
No disrespect to clojure, it probably got a lot of people interested in common lisp and scheme as a result of existing, but that's my view of things.