I'm new to Clojure, but I'm teaching a course on it this year to undergrads. I'm having a little trouble with terminology, partly because Clojure departs from other languages (such as Scheme) on some terms (such as atom).
I want to say something like this: A word is considered a var unless it is quoted. Example: 'hello A list is considered a function invocation unless it is quoted. Example: '(1 2 3) I don't think "word" is the correct term to use. Do I mean "symbol"? Do I mean "symbol" instead of "var"? Is "list" better called a "form" or an "s-expression"? What exactly is a "scalar"? Is it anything that's not a container? Can someone help me with what I'm trying to say? It's OK to oversimplify, but I don't want to use wrong words that will introduce confusion. Thanks for the help. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
