Isn't core.async contrary to Clojure principles?

Question

I have seen many Clojure programmers enthusiastic about the new core.async library and, though it seems very interesting, I am having a hard time seeing how it conforms to Cloju

Answer 1

1. it's somewhat the other way around, Core.async can only be used in systems where Immutability is the norm. So Clojure's principles enable core.async rather than the inverse.

2. This is a limitation, happens in other place in clojure as well, the limitation of anonymous functions not composing with the % symbol seems to at least present the same idea. Not that finding another case of a limitation makes it better of course.

3. I have not seen this my self, though this would be a step backwards if you where attempting to take code that is simple, and clean when expressed in one way and then express it in a way that is ... not that way...