From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 03:38:11 +0000 (+0530) Subject: Added a simple explanation. X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/%5B/%5D%20/file/URI:LIT:krugkidfnzsc4/@@named=/frontends/nxhtml.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e9b570e1d54c1c3d89ba42b4c60d618c5d5a36b;p=sicp.git Added a simple explanation. --- diff --git a/src/sicp/ex2_55.clj b/src/sicp/ex2_55.clj index f3e7041..6bc1d86 100644 --- a/src/sicp/ex2_55.clj +++ b/src/sicp/ex2_55.clj @@ -3,4 +3,10 @@ (deftest test-double-quote (is [= (first ''abracadabra) - 'quote])) \ No newline at end of file + 'quote])) + +(comment + "(first ''abcde) expands to (first (quote (quote (abcde))) + which is (quote (abcde)), first of which is quote. The outer + quote makes the inner quote a symbol and does not evaluate it." + ) \ No newline at end of file