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Re: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types
From: |
Kevin Vigouroux |
Subject: |
Re: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types |
Date: |
Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:00:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
I agree with you. Unfortunately, some parts of the explanation are
unclear or missing.
In other languages, an expression is text; it has no other form. In
Lisp, an expression is primarily a Lisp object and only secondarily the
text that is the object’s read syntax. Often there is no need to
emphasize this distinction, but you must keep it in the back of your
mind, or you will occasionally be very confused.
• An expression is a Lisp object which gives its meaning.
• An expression cannot be understood in its original form (text).
It makes no sense at first.
--
Best regards,
Kevin Vigouroux
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