Hi Lindsay,
> I still confuse instances of when CARs and arguments in
> general are, or not, evaluated.
True, this is often not obvious.
You surely know that the references show it by marking evaluated
arguments with a quote, e.g.
: (help 'case)
Thanks Alex!
I appreciate the insight!
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM Alexander Burger
wrote:
>('(" " "^I" "^J" "^M") ..
>
> Strictly speaking this is not correct or at least not needed, as 'case'
> does not evaluate the CARs.
>
Thanks! I'll fix. I still confuse instances of when CARs and
Hi Geri,
> Good thing you're having fun writing useful projects!
>
I am indeed. Especially now, I am getting past more academic exercises and
appreciating how easy it is to wire things together with picolisp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy
I do want to get a better handle on nativ
Hi Lindsay,
> https://picolisp.com/wiki/?Documentation#yajson
Thanks!
One minor point: In the 'case' calls, the CARs of clauses with multiple
keys are quoted, like
('(" " "^I" "^J" "^M") ..
Strictly speaking this is not correct or at least not needed, as 'case'
does not evaluate the CARs.
