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What is Nil Punning?
Episode 143

What is Nil Punning?

Nil punning is a feature of Lisp. It began when nil was both the empty list and the false value. Two meanings for the same thing led to the idea of punning. Lispers liked it. And now, Clojure carries the tradition forward. In Clojure, nil has different me

The Eric Normand Podcast

September 26, 201923m 19s

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