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Post #154,238
by ben_tilly
5/7/04 2:24:26 PM
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New Thanks for the confirmation
The only quibble that I have is that I think that QUOTE is a special form, not a function (though that probably varies between versions of Lisp). Anyways once that first argument is evaluated, it determines what happens to the rest of the arguments.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #154,239
by ChrisR
5/7/04 2:29:59 PM
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New Special forms
One Lisp's special form is another's function. :-)

Scheme has only four special form operations (quote if set! lambda) whereas Common Lisp has over thirty. But, yes, using the Lisp lingo, quote is a special form.
     Why I find LISP hard to read - (tablizer) - (25) - May 7, 2004, 02:35:30 AM EDT
         Scheme to the rescue - (ChrisR) - May 7, 2004, 10:27:59 AM EDT
         Care to offer an example where there is some ambiguity? - (ben_tilly) - (20) - May 7, 2004, 10:39:07 AM EDT
             Allowed in CLOS but not in Scheme - (ChrisR) - (16) - May 7, 2004, 10:46:36 AM EDT
                 Care to show me the example? - (ben_tilly) - (15) - May 7, 2004, 11:53:03 AM EDT
                     Lisp is a family of languages - (ChrisR) - (14) - May 7, 2004, 12:35:17 PM EDT
                         Rethinking, reloading. :-) - (ChrisR) - (13) - May 7, 2004, 01:02:43 PM EDT
                             Thanks for the confirmation - (ben_tilly) - (1) - May 7, 2004, 02:24:26 PM EDT
                                 Special forms - (ChrisR) - May 7, 2004, 02:29:59 PM EDT
                             just trying to learn - (tablizer) - (10) - May 7, 2004, 03:32:51 PM EDT
                                 As far as I understand - (ChrisR) - (9) - May 7, 2004, 03:59:52 PM EDT
                                     More on s-expressions - (ChrisR) - May 7, 2004, 08:17:02 PM EDT
                                     Downsides of flexibility - (tablizer) - (7) - May 10, 2004, 03:25:50 PM EDT
                                         Less flexible = good? - (ChrisR) - (6) - May 10, 2004, 04:34:10 PM EDT
                                             Dejavu - (FuManChu) - (2) - May 11, 2004, 12:44:10 PM EDT
                                                 I like big apps and I can not lie. - (ChrisR) - May 11, 2004, 04:19:46 PM EDT
                                                 Language de jour - (ChrisR) - May 11, 2004, 04:26:02 PM EDT
                                             Standards versus flexibility - (tablizer) - (2) - May 11, 2004, 02:34:04 PM EDT
                                                 One of the problem is that by the time a comprehensive... - (ChrisR) - (1) - May 11, 2004, 03:10:56 PM EDT
                                                     You are probably right, but I'll be long retired by then - (tablizer) - May 11, 2004, 06:57:45 PM EDT
             A "Let" statement that sets a bunch of variables -NT - (tablizer) - (2) - May 7, 2004, 03:20:20 PM EDT
                 Ah, that is because let is a special form - (ben_tilly) - (1) - May 7, 2004, 05:11:37 PM EDT
                     Not to get in too deep... - (ChrisR) - May 7, 2004, 05:31:05 PM EDT
         OT: Why is this in Scripting? -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 8, 2004, 12:27:54 AM EDT
             oh oh, I smell another fight over definition of "scripting" -NT - (tablizer) - (1) - May 9, 2004, 02:19:52 AM EDT
                 :-) -NT - (pwhysall) - May 9, 2004, 03:22:17 AM EDT

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