clojure-koans/03_lists.clj

  ; "Lists can be expressed by function or a quoted form"
  (= '(__ __ __ __ __) (list 1 2 3 4 5))

  ; "They are Clojure seqs (sequences), so they allow access to the first"
  (= __ (first '(1 2 3 4 5)))

  ; "As well as the rest"
  (= __ (rest '(1 2 3 4 5)))

  ; "Count your blessings"
  (= __ (count '(dracula dooku chocula)))

  ; "Before they are gone"
  (= __ (count '()))

  ; "The rest, when nothing is left, is empty"
  (= __ (rest '(100)))

  ; "Construction by adding an element to the front is easy"
  (= __ (cons :a '(:b :c :d :e)))

  ; "Conjoining an element to a list isn't hard either"
  (= __ (conj '(:a :b :c :d) :e))

  ; "You can use a list like a stack to get the first element"
  (= __ (peek '(:a :b :c :d :e)))

  ; "Or the others"
  (= __ (pop '(:a :b :c :d :e)))

  ; "But watch out if you try to pop nothing"
  (= __ (try
          (pop '())
          (catch IllegalStateException e
            "No dice!")))

  ; "The rest of nothing isn't so strict"
  (= __ (try
          (rest '())
          (catch IllegalStateException e
            "No dice!")))