From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why is Scheme not a Lisp? References: <87pu28kzjy.fsf@charter.net> <87eliokv9v.fsf@charter.net> <87sn73c40c.fsf@charter.net> <873cyzof49.fsf@becket.becket.net> <87sn6zu0wd.fsf@photino.sid.rice.edu> <87henfmz10.fsf@becket.becket.net> <87bsdntyy5.fsf@photino.sid.rice.edu> <87vgbvzkgm.fsf@becket.becket.net> <87u1rfsexd.fsf@photino.sid.rice.edu> <87u1rf4i12.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3225362391384522@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:59:39 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1016373579 193.71.199.50 (Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:59:39 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:59:39 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:29248 * Paul Foley | Oh, so you can use 6 as a variable name in Scheme, then, can you? I think even Scheme has the ability to make anything a symbol using enough backslashes. (symbolp '\6) => t /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.