On 9 July 2013 16:11, Alexander Gunnarson <alexandergunnar...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > An added gripe is that the* else *form within *cond *in Clojure uses a > keyword, *:else*, instead of the more consistent parenthetical form used > in Scheme. I suppose that's to make it less "Lispy." But it just ends up > making it a little less elegant. > The :else keyword is used because it's a truthy value, not because the cond form assigns any special syntax to it. In this case, I'd argue that the Clojure cond form is more consistent than Scheme's, because it has no special syntax for dealing with else conditions. - James -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
