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Re:Lisp In Summer Projects: Coding Competition by tsm on Monday May 06, 2013 @10:26PM (#5666223) 

    (1+ 'A)
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Re:Lisp In Summer Projects: Coding Competition by ohyes on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @07:39AM (#5667544)
Symbol A is not of type number.

(1+ a)

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Re:Lisp In Summer Projects: Coding Competition by gsg on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @10:40AM (#5668355)
A++ is a grade, not a number. Clearly what you need is #S(grade :letter A :decorations (+ +) :rapidly-escalating-pedantry t) or some other meaningful representation.
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