I'm so excited about all the error messages work on this release! Also, the new metadata and tap functionality creates so many possibilities. And Java 8 minimum guaranteed so we can build things on top of java's time libraries and trust they will be there.
The development feedback loop is incredibly tight when using a clojure (or lisp in general) repl. The interactivity lets you interactively develop your code, including ( it appears) the C/cuda code since you can call out to compile it at the repl and then upload it to the GPU for execution.