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(-> (initial) a b c d e) is like "The city on the bay in California" and (e (d (c (b (a (initial)))))) is like "The Californian bay's city". These variations

• pyrtsa 14y ago
  In my view it's exactly the opposite: (-> (california) bay-in city-on) ; "The Californian bay's city" vs. (city-on (bay-in (california))) ; "The city on the bay in California" The former ("->") starts with what's fed into the pipeline, the latter starts with what you get out of it. In addition, "->" avoids the nesting of expressions regardless of the number of steps, which might be useful in some cases. But both styles have their place.