Thanks, Ben.
Of course you are right. I was somehow fixated and had lost the context.
Sorry for the noise.
> On Feb 25, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Ben Greenman wrote:
>
> The printed explanation is giving the meaning of the whole line (in the
> context of the call to member) --- not just the meaning of the application
> (null? lat)
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Kieron Hardy
>> wrote:
>> I'm going through The Little Schemer (Fourth Edition). On page 23 the first
>> question posed asks:
>> What is the meaning of the line
>>
>> ((null? lat) #f)
>>
>> where
>> lat is (mashed potatoes and meat gravy)
>>
>> The printed explanation seems to be a misprint as it appears to be the
>> answer to a different question:
>> (null? lat) asks if lat is the null list. If it is, the value is #f, since
>> the atom meat was not found in lat. If not, we ask the next question. In
>> this case, it is not null, so we ask the next question .
>>
>> Is the printed answer wrong, or am I missing something?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kieron
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