On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 11:51 AM <andr...@itship.ch> wrote: > > In which practical use case do you ever need such an abhorrent nesting of > quotes? > it's not a question of practical use but compatibility and tradition, also a question of semantics
> But I'm having doubts about this being not just a superficial theoretical > whim, are there really any lisp dialects between which general lisp > knowledge is enough to be effective, without studying the specific > language? I have the impression that lisp dialects are very diverse, while > looking similar the differences are very consequential and no useful > programming can be done without studying them, maybe even more so than the > many languages which follow C syntax style. > you're right, every language contains itself a "deviation" of its own family and at the end you must learn special features of a concrete dialect, so there's no common knowledge you can learn applicable to all language dialects. But there's stablished traditions and there're formal theory you should comply with. I think quote behaviour is one of them and also list application. regards
