Python has a few benefits over bb: • Comes pre-installed on macOS/Linux • Has a lot of batteries bundled: arg parser, files, processes, zip, network • Lots of people know Python already

So for non-Clojure project I’d probably still go with Python to make it more accessible

For Clojure projects, it depends. When I last tried bb, running an external process was very inconvenient. I’ll have to check where it is at these days, maybe situation has improved

nbb is clojurescript using Node.js and so using that infrastructure, unlike bb which is GraalVM exported. Having said that I don't know it solves your problems, I'm just curious.

I haven’t looked into nbb, only bb

I tried that. But I also needed AFn (abstract class) and Keyword (just class) at the very least. I could’ve copied these too, but then if anything changes in the implementation I’d be in trouble