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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 23:20:37 +1100
Subject: Re: Functional programming
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On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> - cannot do a 'type-incorrect' expression like
>>>> [1,2] + [[3,4],[5]]
> [1, 2, [3, 4], [5]]

What do you mean by "type-incorrect"? This is adding two lists and
getting back a list. Seems perfectly correct to me.

ChrisA