cemerick, I've hacked both Ruby & Clojure, so I can comment on the way Ruby handles stings. Ruby has a concept of a 'string', as opposed to a "string". 'This

cemerick, I've hacked both Ruby & Clojure, so I can comment on the way Ruby handles stings. Ruby has a concept of a 'string', as opposed to a "string". 'This is strict input, no escapes' "This is input with escapes" I think that the suggested \" method is the best solution in Clojure.