[plt-scheme] Re: Scheme workshop survey

[Eli Barzilay]

On Oct 17, Alan Watson wrote:
> Shriram,
> 
> (car '((a b c) x y z)) does not evaluate to (quote (a b c)). You are
> confusing a value with a literal datum that evaluates to the same
> value.

Actually, you're confusing

  scheme_make_pair(
    scheme_intern_symbol("a"),
    scheme_make_pair(
      scheme_intern_symbol("b"),
      scheme_make_pair(
        scheme_intern_symbol("c"),
        scheme_null)))

with its printed representation.

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