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'()
- To: Riesbeck at YALE
- Subject: '()
- From: Norman Adams <Adams at YALE>
- Date: Mon ,17 May 82 15:34:00 EDT
- Cc: Collins at YALE, Kelsey at YALE, Odonnell at YALE, Rees at YALE, T-Discussion at YALE
About '():
The T Project style sheet says
(a) False and the null list are not assumed to be the same object
(b) The variable NIL has false as its value; we don't depend on its
having an external representation
(c) Don't assume the empty list evaluates to itself
Consequences:
(a) Notate the empty list as '() in programs
(b) Notate false as NIL
The T style sheet is highly tuned dogma that we encourage you
to use, though we plan no inquisition for the infidels.
Also:
RAK found a bug in WALK that we have fixed -- "the WALK that
really works" was his patch.