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Created January 25, 2012 07:52
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A little Clojure challenge inspired by Let over Lambda.

Write a macro (you can try a function, but it's impossible) that accepts four arguments:

  1. an expression that returns a number
  2. something to return if that number's negative
  3. something to return if that number's zero
  4. something to return if that number's positive

Here's the signature: (defmacro nif [expr neg zero pos] ...)

To pass my test, the following form should print "pos!" and return "pos.", with no other side effects:

(nif 10
      (do (println "Negative!") "negative.")
      (do (Thread/sleep 1000000) "zero.")
      (do (println "pos!") "pos."))

May the best lisper win!

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@sritchie :-) I'll work on a solution...

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