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For sure, but “Clojure doesn't provide built-in function for exponential operation” is still an objectively true assertion.

If your point is that it’s wrong in spirit, I totally agree, and I think this is yet another example of the limits of this “cheat sheet” approach. If you’re coming from another language, the concept of easy, well integrated interop with a host language platform would be fairly foreign, so the importance of an available Java method, and the fact that such methods are frequently used as core parts of the language, would be totally lost on you.



Think it might just be quibbling on the nature of 'built-in' at that point.


Well yes hence the “/pedantic” tag. I was quibbling with someone who went out of their way to “correct” a true fact. Quibbling with quibbling if you will. Sort of like you’re doing. But hey they started it ;)




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