On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Frank Siebenlist <frank.siebenl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (-> 2 > (* 5) > (+ 3)) It also resembles a waterfall (not very friendly term in our profession, but fits well in this case) where the result of an earlier computation is passed on down the stack. It also works very similarly to the let form (which gives a sort of imperative look to the code and more powerful way to place the earlier results) as well as...the maybe monad. The question is when to use each, but guess it's a matter of taste. Jacek -- Jacek Laskowski Functional languages (Clojure), Java EE, and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." Plato -- 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