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From: Erik Naggum <clerik@naggum.no>
Subject: Re: How is Lisp "better"?
Date: 1998/08/17
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* Steve Gonedes <jgonedes@worldnet.att.net>
| Why isn't (+ . (21 21)) correct?

  because Scheme's syntax, like Algol's, is defined as character strings.
  thus, you need a different reader for Scheme source than for Scheme data.
  a crucial element of the Lisp heritage is thus lost on Scheme.

#:Erik
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