On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 at 22:22, Christian Seberino <cseber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> - conj adds an element in the place best for the collection type. > > > Is this a valid hypothetical to worry about?... > > Imagine you're the teacher and make the comment above. > > Student responds.. > > "But why, Mr. Teacher, is the 'best' place different for lists and > vectors? That seems strange that they are opposite.".... > You can either explain, or say: "For now, accept that they are." I don't think this is hard. You can choose to discuss it or not, but all learning has boundaries. There's a well-known interview <https://fs.blog/2012/01/richard-feynman-on-why-questions/> where Richard Feynman goes into the limits of asking "why?". Also if you introduce a function like "comb", a student may very well ask you why there are lists and vectors when they behave in the same way. Then you'd have the same problem, except worse, as you'd also need to explain that "comb" is just a crutch that shouldn't be used outside of the classroom. -- James Reeves booleanknot.com -- 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/d/optout.
