> Clojure has cons, car, cdr which you can use in the classic Lisp sense. The only thing you CAN'T do is have a dotted pair or dotted list in the last cons cell.
So, it doesn't have them in the classic Lisp sense. Conses are just pairs. Using them as such isn't exotic. (cons 1 2) being an error in Clojure isn't a minor thing, it's very unique compared to other Lisps. It has a very different definition of cons.
Yes. Clojure doesn't have cons cells in the traditional sense. But as long as you don't need dotted cdrs, you can "think" of using cons, car, cdr in the ordinary way. You can use existing lisp idioms of recursively taking apart, editing and rebuilding a complex form.
So, it doesn't have them in the classic Lisp sense. Conses are just pairs. Using them as such isn't exotic. (cons 1 2) being an error in Clojure isn't a minor thing, it's very unique compared to other Lisps. It has a very different definition of cons.