From 6c00a3e358adf0af6aa773ec249f9ec16ff2e0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Jones <trptcolin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 10:41:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve some of the quote descriptions

---
 ideaboard.txt          |  2 --
 resources/koans.clj    |  3 ++-
 src/koans/24_quote.clj | 21 ++++++++++-----------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ideaboard.txt b/ideaboard.txt
index 8166a99..31dc55b 100644
--- a/ideaboard.txt
+++ b/ideaboard.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Concepts / Language Features
 =====
 
-Quoting
-
 new record syntax
 Agents
 Vars
diff --git a/resources/koans.clj b/resources/koans.clj
index e48d3b8..a1b467d 100644
--- a/resources/koans.clj
+++ b/resources/koans.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
                       false
                       "hello"
                       "hello"
+                      nil
                       3]}]
 
  ["02_strings" {"__" ["hello"
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@
                    :park "AT&T Park"
                    'Giants
                    "Giants"]}]
-  ["24_quote" {"__"[(1 2 3 4 5)
+ ["24_quote" {"__" ['(1 2 3 4 5)
                     (1 2 3 4 5)
                     'age
                     quote
diff --git a/src/koans/24_quote.clj b/src/koans/24_quote.clj
index 8741b51..f36298a 100644
--- a/src/koans/24_quote.clj
+++ b/src/koans/24_quote.clj
@@ -3,24 +3,23 @@
 
 
 (meditations
-  "use quote to express a list"
-  (= (quote __) (list 1 2 3 4 5))
+  "Wrap a quote around a list to suppress evaluation"
+  (= (quote (1 2 3 4 5)) __)
 
-  "Clojure provide a shotcut"
-  (= (quote __)  '(1 2 3 4 5))
-  
-  "The quote special operator prevents its argument from being evaluated at all"
+  "There is a shortcut too!"
+  (= (quote __) '(1 2 3 4 5))
+
+  "You can quote symbols as well as lists... without evaluation!"
   (= __ (let [age 9] (quote age)))
 
   "You can use a literal list as a data collection without having Clojure try to call a function"
   (= (cons 1 (__ (2 3))) (list 1 2 3) (cons 1 [2 3]))
 
-  "Th quote affects all of its argument, not just the top level"
+  "The quote affects all of its arguments, not just the top level"
   (= (list 1 __) '(1 (+ 2 3)))
 
-  "Syntax-quote has a few extra features that make it ideal for constructing collections to be used as code."
+  "Syntax-quote (`) acts similarly to the normal quote"
   (= (list __ __ __) `(1 2 3) '(1 2 3))
 
-  "Unquote is used to demarcate specific forms as requiring evaluation by prefixing fhem with the symbol ~ within the body of a syntax-quote"
-  (= (list __ __) `(1 ~(+ 2 3)) '(1 5))
-  )
+  "Unquote (~) within a syntax-quoted expression lets you mark specific expressions as requiring evaluation"
+  (= (list __ __) `(1 ~(+ 2 3)) '(1 5)))