In the PAM {{-conj}} implementation, {{-nth}} is used, but instead invoking the vector or map entry on the desired index is faster by about 10% on V8 and JavaScriptCore.
For example, to get the first element, instead of {{(-nth x 0)}}, {{(x 0)}}. See CLJS-3111 for justification / check that would allow us to safely assume that {{(x 0)}} and {{(x 1)}} are valid.
Additionally, in the branch where it is dealing with map entries, not only is {{(x 0)}} faster, but {{(-key x)}} is even faster (in particular in :none on JavaScriptCore). CLJS-3115 argues that we should be able to assume map entries in this portion of the code.