I have to add Clojure to the list.

The startup-time/overhead of Clojure/JVM make it a not so great choice for command-line scripting.

In general, sure, it's a powerful tool.

[ Edited: in light of the reply below. ]

You mean Clojure's startup-time, the JVM starts up pretty fast!

http://nicholaskariniemi.github.io/2014/02/11/jvm-slow-start...

Ah, good point, thanks for the link.

I am from China and SSH tunnelling works perfect for me.

Where's your server? I also have issues tunneling to a UK based server

My experience is that routes to UK and Europe (at least to budget VPS providers) have high latency and often have low throughput. Try servers in Singapore, Tokyo or the USA. Even these vary in performance, depending on the peering arrangements in place. Try to find an overseas host with direct peering with PCCW or China Unicom.

Playing with the ports may help. Try 443 instead of 22

this is quite awesome.

awesome game. I think it will be great if you could add some levels for layouts.