Demystifying Clojure

gistfile1.clj

;; common points of confusion for people new to Clojure

;; why core functions apparently change the type of given collection ?

(map inc [1 2 3 4]) ;; when evaluated, prints (2 3 4 5), not [2 3 4 5]

(take 2 {:a 1 :b 2 :c 3}) ;; when evaluated, prints ([:a 1] [:b 2]), not {:a 1 :b 2}