Roelof Wobben <rwob...@hotmail.com> writes:

> So if I understand everything well when I want true or false I do not
> need a if.

No, when the last form of your function already returns true or false,
e.g., (< 12 age 20), then you don't need to wrap that in an `if` which
checks if the result is true to return true, or return false otherwise.

I mean, in a Java/C/Pascal/whatever-like language, you also wouldn't
write

  boolean teen(age) {
    if (age > 12 && age < 20) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

but simply

  boolean teen(age) {
    return age > 12 && age < 20;
  }

because the <, >, and && operators already result in booleans, right?

> In all other cases I need a if.

You always need an `if` if the value you want to return is not identical
with the value of the test expression.

> Regarding the ; I thought I was a divider between the then and the
> else

Lisps have no need for syntactical irregularities like that.

Bye,
Tassilo

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