I did consider the possibility that it just wasn't funny!
James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> writes:
> I'm afraid your jokes are a little too subtle for me, Phillip :)
>
> - James
>
>
> On 12 November 2013 17:01, Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com> writes:
>>
>> > On 12 November 2013 16:26, Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> While we are talking, does anyone know why (contains? [:a :b :c] :b)
>> >> returns false?
>> >>
>> >
>> > This would be better placed in its own thread I think, but it's because
>> the
>> > contains? function checks for the presence of keys, not values. In a
>> > vector, the keys are the indexes: (contains? [:a :b :c] 1) => true.
>>
>>
>> (defn joke?
>> "Returns true if an attempt at humour is present in the given
>> collection of words, otherwise returns false. Note that for internet
>> based collections of words, 'joke?' operates in polynomial time, and
>> often returns the wrong answer anyway."
>> {:added "1.6"}
>> [content]
>> (. clojure.lang.RT (joke content)))
>>
>> Phil
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