On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:27:15 +0200 Thorsten <quintf...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi list, > I thought that (quote (...)) and '(...) should be equivalent, but I > get different results with the following two versions of a little > test program: > > # version A > (prog > (let (tab '((1 2 3 ) (4 5 6) (7 8 9))) > (+ (caar tab) (caar (cdr tab)))) ) > > --- > result: > : -> 5 > > # version B > (prog > (let (tab (quote ((1 2 3 ) (4 5 6) (7 8 9)))) > (+ (caar tab) (caar (cdr tab)))) ) > > --- > result: > : !? (+ (caar tab) (caar (cdr tab))) > (1 2 3) -- Number expected > > > Thats a bit strange - at least for me ;) > cheers > Thorsten > See http://picolisp.com/5000/!wiki?ArticleQuote :3 that article pretty much says why it behaves the way it does. Cheers, José -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe