> >> In Common Lisp or Clojure REPL, expression '(1 2 3) evaluates to (1 2 3).
> 
> 
> No it doesn't. In CL and Clojure, '(1 2 3) evaluates to '(1 2 3) and then the 
> printer turns it into (1 2 3). 
> 

Wait a minute, I dont get it! You are saying that (quote (1 2 3)) evaluates to 
(quote (1 2 3)) ?
Sorry, it doesn't make any sanse to me. :(
As I aunderstand things, quote is a special forms that instructs lisp not to 
evaluate the a form in applicative order, but rather 
treat it as a literal.
 
                                                                                
  
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