Why doesn't (apply or [true false]) work in Clojure?
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From what I understand about apply, it unpacks a list and turns the elements into arguments for a function.
I see that (apply + [1 2 3]) works as expected, i.e: it's equivalent to (+ 1 2 3).
Why then is (apply or [true false]) invalid? Isn't it equivalent to (or true false) ?
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