Hello! I much enjoyed reading the tutorial http://www.lisperati.com/casting.html , mentioned by eyeris today. The most mind-extending thing (to me, having Java background) is the, admittedly non-idiomatic, use of symbols as data.
But I have two translation problems, I want to pose before going to sleep (its pitch dark in Europe :). First the easy one: Common Lisp (defun describe-path (path) `(there is a ,(second path) going ,(first path) from here.)) My Clojure version, I use a map: (defn describe-path [path] (let [what (path :kind) where (path :direction)] (concat '(there is a) (list what) '(going) (list where) '(from here.)))) Thats much less elegant. Is there a nicer way? Thank you, alux -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.