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		systems on May 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Try Clojure I wouldnt call that getting clever, its just a string of what you did `> (type (+ 1 2 '(1 2))) #object[String]`

bunderbunder on May 22, 2024 [–]

The problem is how you get there.

1 and 2 are integers. '(1 2) is a list. None of them are strings, but + helpfully converts them to strings because ClojureScript is leaking some of JavaScript's wat behavior.

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