> I wrote a blog post discussing Thomson's Paradox, and simulated it in Clojure-
>     http://pizzaforthought.blogspot.in/2014/05/and-infinity-beyond.html
> 
> The state function defined towards the end is not very functional. 
> Could someone guide me towards a cleaner approach?

Here's an option:

(defn state [t]
  (reduce (fn [[v0 t0] [v1 dt]]
            (cond (zero? dt) (reduced "unknown")
                  (> t0 t) (reduced v0)
                  :else [v1 (+ t0 dt)]))
          [true 0]
          (thomsons-lamp)))
 
cljs.user=> (state 0)
true
cljs.user=> (state 0.99)
true
cljs.user=> (state 1)
false
cljs.user=> (state 1.49)
false
cljs.user=> (state 1.5)
true
cljs.user=> (state 1.9999)
true
cljs.user=> (state 1.99999)
false
cljs.user=> (state 2)
"unknown"
cljs.user=> 

--Steve

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