Thanks!
Looks like subvec is the best one for the kind of task (i.e. when 
preserving element order matters) - if the sequences are finite, non-lazy 
collections - e.g. lists or vectors.

среда, 26 сентября 2012 г., 15:16:49 UTC+4 пользователь Niels van Klaveren 
написал:
>
> There's several different options, best read up on the differences between 
> these differences in the docstrings:
>
> (remove (set b) a)
>
> (clojure.set/difference (set b) (set a))
>
> (last (clojure.data/diff a b))
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:46:57 AM UTC+2, Alex Shabanov wrote:
>>
>> Good day,
>>
>> There is a function FOO that receives two sequences: say, A and B. There 
>> is an absolute guarantee that sequence B is received from sequence A by 
>> applying next to it N times, e.g. B == (next (next (next... A) | A.
>> What is the fastest way to return sequence C from the function FOO that 
>> contains all the heading entries in sequence A in the same order, that are 
>> not included in B?
>>
>> Example: A == [1 2 3 4], B == [3 4], (FOO A B) -> [1 2]
>>
>> I feel it is impossible to introduce a fast O(N) solution when A and B 
>> just sequences, and if it is so, what *standard* clojure data structures 
>> that preserves the order of elements can be used for doing so?
>>
>> BR,
>> Alex
>>
>

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