In article <DKvo0t.2oL.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Jeff Dalton <jeff@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> In article <cbartley-0301961421440001@198.95.246.147>
> cbartley@macromedia.com (Curtis Bartley) writes:
>
. . . For example:
> >
> > > cd source
> >
> >Would get preprocessed to
> >
> > > (cd "source")
>
> I think that's a good idea.
>
> FWIW, some Lisps (e.g. Lisp 1.5 and InterLisp) had a top-level that
> worked in "evalquote" mode. You'd type a function name, then a list
> of arguments. The arguments would not be evaluated. In some of these
> systems, you'd put parens around the arglist, but clearly that's not
> necessary. The Lisp Machine top-level may be an example.
>
> So in a way, this idea goes back almost to the beginning.
>
> -- jeff
>
Go a little farther, and you'll have Logo!
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