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Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (... by frio on Sunday October 17, 2010 @05:25PM (#1801472)
I haven't used Clojure, so excuse me if there's something I'm missing here, but doesn't that mean that the following is true?

    first [nil] == first []
In which case, I prefer the Haskell way, as it's more specific.
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Re:Why don't we use functional programming languages more? (... by pufuwozu on Sunday October 17, 2010 @06:45PM (#1801649) 

    user=> (= (first [nil]) (first []))
    true
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