Clojure doesn't have this problem, in Clojure nil is not the empty list, and the empty list is not nil. ;; Nil and empty list are different (nil? '())

Clojure doesn't have this problem, in Clojure nil is not the empty list, and the empty list is not nil. ;; Nil and empty list are different (nil? '()) ;> false ;; Empty list is not falsy (if '() true false) ;> true ;; Only nil is falsy (if nil true false) ;> false ;; Prints as empty list (pr '()) ;> ()