I find the threading macros expressions much easier to *write* and *edit* than their nested expression counterparts.
And it comes very handy when working at the REPL, to incrementally build an expression. It's easier to toggle on / off some parts of the pipeline than it is for a nested expression: (a (b (c (d (e X))))) oops `d` *may* be wrong, let's try to turn it off: mmm ... will require a lot of keyboard clicks and paredit magic On the other hand: (-> X e d c b a) Turning off `d`: (-> X e #_d c b a) or even `d` and `b`: (-> X e #_d c #_b a) piece of cake. Same goes on for inserting a new expression in a pipeline, pprinting, ... On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:58 AM, <edw...@kenworthy.info> wrote: > So I understand that: > > (-> foo bar wibble) > > is equivalent to > > (wibble (bar (foo))) > > With the advantage that the latter version is better, in the sense that > it's clearer what the final result is (the result of the call to wobble). > > What I don't understand is the need for -> the only thing it seems to do > is make something Lispy appear to be imperative. > > Is that it? > > -- > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.