> >> 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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