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

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