Hi,

That's not the same function as #(last (sort %&))
> The equivalent would be (comp last sort vec)


Could you please explain why is the `vec` needed? From what I understand, 
we are expected to treat the variadic args argument as a seq, nothing more. 



On Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:02:38 UTC+5:30, Herwig Hochleitner wrote:
>
> 2015-08-13 10:08 GMT+02:00 Eric Le Goff <ele...@gmail.com <javascript:>>:
>
>> I would be curious to know if there are difference (in terms of 
>> performance / elegance ) between those 2 ways of expressing functions
>>
>> E.g
>>
>> *(fn [& x] (-> x sort last))*
>>
>> versus 
>>
>> *#(last (sort %&))*
>>
>> Both are supposedly equivalent, but would you recommend one preferred 
>> syntax , or this just a matter of personal style ?
>>
>
> #() is for very short functions, mostly just one-liners, where the (fn []) 
> would add significant noise.
> The line is blurry and a matter of taste; upper limit is when you need a 
> nested fn, since #(#()) is not possible.
> Performance is equivalent, since #() desugars into (fn [..]). 
>
> 2015-08-13 10:14 GMT+02:00 Erik Assum <er...@assum.net <javascript:>>:
>
>> (comp last sort)
>>
>
> That's not the same function as #(last (sort %&))
> The equivalent would be (comp last sort vec)
>
> cheers
>

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