Thanks for the help, everyone. You managed to pin down my problem. I was
using Clojure from the ground up and a Scheme book, and the two together
got me confused. So, I can say it like this:
Every expression is evaluated (meaning converted to a value), unless it is
quoted.
Every expression
Another random thought: What to you call this?
[(+ 2 3) (+ 4 5)]
It is an expression, but it is not a literal--I cannot say it evaluates to
itself.
Sorry if I'm being pedantic. Maybe it doesn't matter. Terminology is
important, though, when I'm trying to teach.
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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
Thank you for the help.
What is the difference between a form and an s-expression? The Clojure
Glossary
https://github.com/clojuredocs/guides/blob/master/articles/language/glossary.md
defines
form as a valid s-expression. What is an example of an invalid
s-expression?
I'm not sure token is
