Re:The Roots of Lisp (2001)
by lispm on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:14PM
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> COND and IF/ELSE are very closely related
In earlier Lisp COND was the primitive and IF was a macro expanding into COND. In newer Lisp it's IF which is the primitive and COND which is the macro.
In earlier Lisp COND was the primitive and IF was a macro expanding into COND. In newer Lisp it's IF which is the primitive and COND which is the macro.